Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has urged medical school professors not to walk off the job in solidarity with protesting junior doctors.
Nine full-time professors are expected to take leave or quit their jobs after winning seats in the latest general election, leaving many university students dumbfounded at seeing a new lecturer suddenly showing up to class.
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday promised to make a “bold investment” in the medical sector, giving it the same weight as national security, amid an escalating standoff with doctors.
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday urgently invited the medical sector to “join the dialogue,” asking them to trust the government amid continuing disarray between health care professionals and authorities.
Professors at three leading medical schools resolved to resign en masse to protest the government's intent to punish junior doctors who have remained on strike in objection to the medical recruitment expansion plan.
Medical school professors joining the walkout would only worsen the crisis.
Prosecutors recently applied for arrest warrants for two professors at Yonsei University over suspicions of admissions hanky panky on behalf of the daughter of a former vice president of the university. The Seoul Western District Prosecutors’...
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