[3] While studying at Whimoon High School, he published the literary magazine Bulletin (Yoram) with contemporaries like Park Palyang.

In 1926, he began to concentrate exclusively on composing poetry, and his piece "Cafe France”(Kape peurangseu) was published in Hakjo magazine.

Later in life, Jung was active as an associate of Pak Yong-chol's Poetry (Simunhak) magazine and taught at Whimoon High School.

After Liberation, he taught at Ewha Womans University, edited the Kyunghyang Daily News, and was a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Korean Writers Federation (Joseon Munhakga dongmaeng).

In 1950, at the onset of the Korean War, he was detained by the Government Preservation Department and then transferred to Pyongyang Prison, where he is believed to have died.