- Jo, who made his debut as a theatrical actor in 1982, had successfully expanded his career, appearing in many TV dramas and movies.
- Following Jo's death, it was announced he had written and sent a written apology on February 26, however his agency decided not to release it and instead released an official statement of apology.
- On February 22, 2018, Jo Min-ki was accused of sexually harassing his students, which he initially denied. It was then revealed that he had resigned from a teaching post at Cheongju University, and dropped out of his upcoming drama Children of a Lesser God.
- Shortly before his death, police announced that he was banned from leaving the country during the investigation.
- He became the first fatal victim in South Korea's #MeToo movement which began in January after a female prosecutor claimed that she was sexually harassed by a drunken senior prosecutor in 2010.
- His company, Will Entertainment, ultimately terminated his contract, and the police confirmed that they spoke to his former students who were sexually harassed by him, adding that they would call him in for investigations sometime this month after they finished speaking to all the victims.
- Jo Min-ki was found dead from an apparent suicide by hanging on March 9, 2018, in an underground parking lot near his home in Gwangjin District of Seoul.
- A theatre actress, Song Haneul, testified that she was also a victim of his abuse when she was a student at the university and added specific details of what she went through when she was his student in a Facebook post.
- First he dismissed the allegations as "rumors." When confronted with evidence that included lewd text messages he had sent, he admitted his behavior, apologized and promised to cooperate with police, the outlet reported.
- He won a string of awards for TV performances in the 1990s and 2000s, and appeared on a reality programme about famous fathers and their teenage daughters.
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