More KFA officials calling it quits as search for national team boss drags on: Reports

Some KFA National Team Committee members reportedly expressed their intent to resign a few days after Chung Hae-sung, the former committee chief, stepped down following failed talks with national team manager candidates.

2024-07-02

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After Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung resigned on Monday to rebid for the chairmanship of the majority party, party members are rushing to support his decision.

2024-06-24

Health minister says gov’t will not scrap medical reform plans

The government on Monday underscored its determination to carry out its medical reform, stating that “scrapping the current scheme or postponing medical schools' admissions hike for a year is out of perspective."

2024-04-22

PPP leader Han Dong-hoon offers to step down following election defeat

Ruling People Power Party (PPP) interim chief Han Dong-hoon offered to resign following his party's defeat in the general election on Thursday morning.

2024-04-11

Low pay, long hours and changing values fuel exodus from public service

The number of civil servant resignees who worked under five years surged more than double in five years, according to a report by the National Assembly Research Service received from the Government Employees Pension Service.

2024-04-04

Lee Jong-sup's resignation as ambassador to Australia accepted

Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup expressed his intention to resign to Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, Lee said Friday.

2024-03-29

Government to discuss 'flexible measures' on junior doctors behind mass walkout

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.”

2024-03-25

Medical professors to resign if gov't suspends junior doctors

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.

2024-03-15

Medical professors to decide whether to resign by Friday

Korea is at a critical juncture in its standoff between doctors and the government, as professorial medical doctors will decide whether to resign en masse by Friday.

2024-03-14

Trainee doctor resignations top 70 percent

The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday that it had ordered 6,112 of the 8,816 trainee doctors who have left their posts at 100 major hospitals nationwide to return to work as of 10 p.m. Tuesday.

2024-02-21

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