The new leader of the nation’s largest doctors’ group on Sunday said that medical professionals would take a seat at the bargaining table only after the government "scraps its medical reform policies and the enrollment quota hike in medical schools."
A 2.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Korea's southern county of Hapcheon in South Gyeongsang on Sunday, the weather agency said.
Police conducted another raid on the newly elected president of the Korea Medical Association, Lim Hyun-taek, on suspicion of inciting the walkout by junior doctors.
The government moved to break the deadlock with doctors on Friday by accepting national medical schools’ request to flexibly adjust their admission quota for next year, but the medical community is not welcoming the government’s offer.
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) on Friday urged the government to promptly scrap its plan for a medical school quota hike, stressing the election results were the public's judgment against the scheme.
Korea is set to embrace the warmest day of the year on Tuesday, coinciding with the start of the much-anticipated cherry blossom season in the capital.
The Labor Ministry said it will respond vigorously to the International Labour Organization after junior doctors appealed to the UN agency over back-to-work orders.
The country’s largest doctors’ group elected a new leader who urged President Yoon Suk Yeol to “directly participate in talks with junior doctors to convince them to return.”
The government has invited such fierce backlash because it pushed ahead with the enrollment increase while leaving out essential details.
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.
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