President Yoon Suk Yeol underscored that a hike of 2,000 seats in the medical school enrollment quota next year was an irrefutable necessity in a public address Monday, amid the clash between the government and doctors' groups.
Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Sunday that the government plans to push ahead with its plan to expand medical recruitment and warned junior doctors on strike against attacking others who have returned to their jobs.
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday ruled out changing course on the government's plan to expand the country's medical school admissions quota amid a ballooning walkout by trainee doctors.
The issue of universities struggling to fill new enrollment is only the tip of the iceberg. The cherry blossom ending will have more frightening variations.
Trainee doctors agreed to return to work Tuesday morning after fierce internal wrangling over whether to end their 18-day strike protesting controversial medical reform plans.
As the ruling Democratic Party (DP) signaled a willingness to head back to the drawing board with its medical reform plans, anticipation is growing that the government and doctors may finally reach a compromise to end the trainee doctors’ strike.
People flock to the Seoul National University Children's Hospital in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Tuesday, a day before a three-day doctors’ strike is set to kick off Wednesday.
An association of trainee doctors agreed to participate in medical services related to Covid-19 despite being on strike to protest the government’s plans to increase medical school admissions following a meeting with the prime minister on Sunday.
Trainee doctors on all levels went on indefinite strike Sunday to protest the government's plan to increase medical school admissions, with concern mounting over a general doctors’ walkout this week.
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