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Doctors are on a collision course with the government, as they are planning collective actions, including a large-scale strike, in protest of the health ministry's recent decision to let more students into medical schools.
Over 90 percent of elementary school teachers oppose the government’s plan to significantly expand after-school programs, which essentially amount to child care, to all elementary schools nationwide this year, according to an opposition lawmaker, Wednesday.
Interest in medical schools is growing among students as well as those in universities and those who have jobs, following the government’s recent announcement to raise the annual enrollment quota at medical schools by an extra 2,000 starting in 2025.
The government will raise the annual enrollment quota at medical schools by 2,000 starting in 2025 from the current 3,058, Health Minister Cho Kyu-hong announced, Tuesday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol and the Ministry of Education vowed, Monday, to dramatically expand before- and after-school care programs to all elementary schools throughout the country this year in a bid to cope with low birthrate challenges.
President Yoon Suk Yeol reaffirmed on Thursday the government's plan to increase the number of doctors in the country by letting more students into medical schools to address shortages of physicians in essential treatment departments and remote, non-urban areas.
A total of 31 former and incumbent teachers have faced police investigations into what President Yoon Suk Yeol described as operating like a "cartel," specifically between public educators and the private education industry, which involves the buying and selling of questions for the state-administered College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT).
Pharmacists are raising concerns over the possibility of drug deliveries being fully allowed in the country, after President Yoon Suk Yeol expressed regret over the prohibition of the delivery system under the current pilot telemedicine program and signaled his willingness to improve relevant services.
Health authorities in Korea have strengthened monitoring of suspected measles patients in a bid to prevent a possible spread of the highly contagious disease amid increased reports of cases in Europe and other parts of the world, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Tuesday.