Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Fold your pride and start constructive dialogue (KOR)

The medical community and the government must fold their pride and engage in constructive dialogue.

2024-10-08

Fold your pride and start constructive dialogue

The medical community and the government must fold their pride and engage in constructive dialogue.

2024-10-07

Court accepts the need for more med students

The government gained legal validation to push on with its plan to increase medical student admissions quota after a three-month stalemate with the medical community defying the quota hike.

2024-05-19

Gov't considering criminal complaints against agitating doctors

The government on Tuesday said it is considering filing criminal complaints against trainee doctors who encouraged others to walk off their jobs in protest of the government’s plan to increase the enrollment quota at medical schools.

2024-03-05

Don’t forget the Hippocratic oath (KOR)

If resident doctors defy the order, the government must take stern actions against them.

2024-02-20

Don’t forget the Hippocratic oath

If resident doctors defy the order, the government must take stern actions against them.

2024-02-19

Doctors must cooperate with the quota increase

Physicians must join heads to find a reasonable solution to save primary-care departments and rural medical infrastructure instead of fighting at the expense of the lives of patients under their care.

2024-02-07

Health Ministry, KMA agree to discuss increasing medical school sizes

Korea's Health Ministry and a major doctor's lobby group agreed to put their heads together to increase the number of students entering medical students starting 2025.

2023-06-09

Doctors, gov't still in dispute over medical licensing exam

Doctors and the government are at odds over whether to give medical students another opportunity to take the state medical licensing exam, another sticking point to be addressed as trainee doctors returned to work, ending a nationwide strike...

2020-09-10

Thousands of trainee doctors return to work, while some vow to continue walkout

While thousands of trainee doctors returned to work at major general hospitals Tuesday — 19 days after walking out in protest of government medical reform plans — others are opting to continue their strike.

2020-09-08