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Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Monday “welcomed” a medical professors’ group's position, saying they are “ready to have constructive dialogue with the government.”
Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Wednesday reiterated the government’s hardline stance on increasing medical recruitment by 2,000 starting next year.
First Vice Health Minister Lee Ki-il was set to depart for Japan on Sunday to look into the country's national pension scheme and caretaking policies for the elderly, the health ministry said.
President Yoon Suk-yeol named his third health minister nominee Wednesday and completed a major reshuffle of the presidential office ahead of the Chuseok holiday.
Former lawmaker Kim Seung-hee, President Yoon Suk-yeol's health minister nominee, walked away from the appointment after being accused of misappropriating political funds.
President Yoon Suk-yeol named two women to fill his education and health minister posts, aiming for a bit of gender balance in his male-dominated Cabinet.
Chung Ho-young abandoned his nomination as health minister Monday night as controversy over his two children failed to die, raising concerns over a leadership vacuum that could disrupt major decisions in health and welfare.
Korea’s daily Covid-19 infections fell below 10,000 for the first time in nearly four months.
Kim In-chul walked away from his education minister appointment Tuesday, becoming the first cabinet pick by President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol to flame out.
As confirmation hearings for President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's Cabinet kicked off Monday, education minister nominee Kim In-chul faced heat from inside his own party for his many relatives who got scholarships from the Fulbright Commission.
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