Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

100 kg wild boar causes chaos in train station, bites man’s arm in toilet

A wild boar rampaged through a city railway station in South Gyeongsang and bit a person's arm on Tuesday.

2024-10-30

Assault, insults now grounds to refuse emergency room care in new guidelines

Medical personnel can now refuse to provide services to patients or guardians who insult or assault staff in an emergency room under new guidelines recently issued by the government.

2024-09-19

All but two emergency medical facilities to operate over Chuseok

The Health Ministry said that 407 of 409 emergency medical facilities will operate as usual over the holiday, advising patients with light symptoms to seek treatment at smaller clinics.

2024-09-13

We cannot forgive the nonsensical ‘blacklist’ (KOR)

Without respect for others, nothing can be achieved.

2024-09-11

We cannot forgive the nonsensical ‘blacklist’

Without respect for others, nothing can be achieved.

2024-09-10

Only reform!

Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo said that the current critical lack of emergency medicine doctors is what we experienced before. But his remarks only help deepen the ongoing medical crisis.

2024-09-05

Gov't announces measures to stabilize emergency room care

The government on Thursday announced special measures to stabilize emergency patient care nationwide, including a monitoring program where municipalities and Health Ministry officers oversee and control patient volume in emergency departments.

2024-09-05

As burned-out senior doctors resign, emergency rooms feel the pinch

The recent resignation of senior doctors has crippled emergency rooms nationwide even further, aggravating the medical vacuum that has persisted since the country's junior doctors’ began their walkout in February.

2024-09-04

How to navigate the national emergency

the government must rekindle the stalled labor, regulatory and pension reforms.

2024-06-25

Retired lawmaker Hwang Woo-yea nominated as PPP's interim leader

The interim leader of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) named retired five-term lawmaker Hwang Woo-yea as the head of the party's emergency steering committee on Monday.

2024-04-29