Korea Times Finance Reporter
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Tension between the ruling and opposition parties is becoming more heightened as President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to veto a bill aimed at launching a special counsel probe into a young Marine’s death, during a Cabinet meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
The Ministry of National Defense is pushing to set up its own medical school in an effort to increase the number of medical personnel within the military and contribute to enhancing the country’s public health care services, officials said, Thursday.
Speculation is mounting over the potential early comeback of Han Dong-hoon, the former interim leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), who has maintained a low profile since the party's bitter defeat in the April 10 parliamentary elections.
Plans proposed by universities to prevent medical students from failing the semester due to insufficient class hours have been mired in controversy, as these special rules are seen as obvious preferential treatment given to certain students.
Choi Jin-young, president of Herald Media Group, which owns The Korea Herald and The Herald Business, has been selected as the new chairperson of the Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea.
Equal labor standards and Korea's minimum wage should be the bare minimum for Philippine caregivers who will begin working in Seoul later this year, Philippine Ambassador to Korea Maria Theresa B. Dizon-De Vega said, amid ongoing debates over whether they should receive lower wages than other workers in Korea.
A heated debate has been sparked by the government’s recent decision to allow doctors holding licenses issued in foreign nations to legally practice medicine here without passing required exams in case the country faces a serious public health care crisis.
President Yoon Suk Yeol said, Thursday, that he will create a new ministry dedicated to addressing the country's low birthrate and aging population, vowing to focus all possible capabilities on overcoming drastic changes in the demographic picture.
The number of new medical specialists next year could be zero amid the prolonged confrontation between the government and doctors over the planned hike in the medical school admissions quota. The country usually produces approximately 3,000 medical specialists every year.