Awkward encounter

Health and Welfare Minister Moon Hyung-pyo, left, and Roh Hwan-kyu, right, president of the Korea Medical Association (KMA), avoid eye contact at a hearing at the National Assembly, Seoul, Monday, on ways of developing the medical-service industries. KMA has announced that its doctor members will stop working in protest of the government’s plan to introduce telemedicine and allow hospitals to set up for-profit subsidiaries. / Yonhap