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Mobile ID cards to roll out next month

Physical resident identification cards will no longer be required for identity verification starting next month as a mobile version becomes available.

2024-11-27

Junior doctors and gov't fail to agree on medical reforms

The government and medical sector failed to narrow their differences over planned medical reforms despite a face-to-face meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and the head of a junior doctors’ group on Thursday.

2024-04-05

President Yoon affirms 'respect for voices of junior doctors' in face-to-face meeting

President Yoon Suk Yeol told the head of a major junior doctors' group that he will "respect" their perspectives during an in-person meeting at the presidential office on Thursday.

2024-04-04

Gov't to respond to ILO concerning back-to-work orders for junior doctors

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.

2024-03-29

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

Reform bill mandates renewing ID card every 10 years

The government is drafting a bill to require people to renew their personal ID cards every 10 years. The Interior Ministry announced Wednesday that it has drafted a bill to put a 10-year validity period on the personal IDs issued by the government...

2023-06-07

[THINK ENGLISH] 전공의(resident), 전임의(fellow)의 차이

의사들의 집단휴진이 정부와의 협상 타결로 지난 4일 끝났다. 이번 집단휴진은 고용주가 아닌 정부 의료정책에 항의하기 위해 했던 집단휴진으로 정확한 의미의 strike라고 하긴 어렵지만 업무를 중단했다는 점에서 파업, 즉 strike라고 할 수 있다. 의대생들이 의사국가고시를 거부한 것은 boycott이다. 의대 6년 과정을 마치면 의사국가고시를 볼 수 있는데 이 시험을 통과하면 의사 면허를 받을 수 있다...

2020-09-11