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Gov't to announce allocation of additional medical school seats this week

The government is expected to announce the allocation of additional medical school admission seats this week, pushing ahead with the 2,000-seat increase despite stiff protests from doctors, officials said Tuesday.

Mar 19, 2024

Gov't to announce allocation of additional medical school seats this week

Health ministry chides medical professors for moving to resign in support of junior doctors' walkout

Health ministry chides medical professors for moving to resign in support of junior doctors' walkout

The health ministry on Tuesday criticized medical professors of Seoul National University for deciding to resign en masse in support of a monthlong walkout by trainee doctors, saying such a move is unacceptable.

Mar 19, 2024

Health ministry chides medical professors for moving to resign in support of junior doctors' walkout

Yoon meets doctors, asks them to engage in dialogue with gov't

President Yoon Suk Yeol called on doctors Monday to trust the government and engage in dialogue as thousands of junior doctors remained off the job to protest the government's medical reform plans.

Mar 18, 2024

Yoon meets doctors, asks them to engage in dialogue with gov't

Will gov't, doctors move toward breakthrough in health care standoff?

Will gov't, doctors move toward breakthrough in health care standoff?

Both the government and doctors are showing subtle changes to their positions amid the protracted confrontation over the medical school quota hike policy, raising cautious expectations that a breakthrough in the ongoing health care standoff caused by the nationwide walkout of trainee doctors could be reached in the near future.

Mar 18, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

Will gov't, doctors move toward breakthrough in health care standoff?

Medical professors to submit resignations from March 25 in support of trainee doctors

Medical professors across the nation have decided to submit resignations starting March 25 in collective action pressuring the government to seek a breakthrough in the prolonged walkout by trainee doctors, a medical professors' group said Saturday.

Mar 16, 2024

Medical professors to submit resignations from March 25 in support of trainee doctors

Health minister makes last-minute appeal to medical professors as resignations loom

Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Friday made a last-minute appeal for medical professors not to resign en masse in support of a prolonged walkout by junior doctors, as their threat to resign is expected to further disrupt services at major hospitals.

Mar 15, 2024

Health minister makes last-minute appeal to medical professors as resignations loom

Police question leaders of doctors' group again over walkout

Korean scientists tout 'beef rice' as source of protein for the future

Korean researchers have grown beef cells in rice grains in what they say is a major step towards achieving a sustainable, affordable and environmentally friendly source of protein that could replace farmed cattle for meat.

Mar 14, 2024

Korean scientists tout 'beef rice' as source of protein for the future

Gov't, medical community clash over international labor rules

The government and the medical community hold highly divergent views on whether a back-to-work order imposed on striking trainee doctors, protesting a medical school quota hike policy, violates international labor standards.

Mar 14, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

Gov't, medical community clash over international labor rules

Prime minister defends ex-defense chief, reiterates calls for prompt medical reform

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has defended former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, who left hastily for Australia to take up his post as Seoul’s new ambassador to Canberra despite being a suspect in an investigation into the death of a Marine, adding that Lee’s appointment and departure won’t cause any disruptions to the judicial proceedings by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO).

Mar 13, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo

Prime minister defends ex-defense chief, reiterates calls for prompt medical reform

Medical professors seek to join mass resignations

Medical professors across the country are threatening to tender their resignations en masse as doctors continue to resist the government's plans to increase medical school enrollment quotas to address an apparent shortage of physicians in rural regions.

Mar 12, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

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