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Gov't takes steps to promote dialogue with doctors

The government is aiming for flexibility in addressing the prolonged conflict with doctors regarding the medical school quota hike policy, the prime minister's office said on Sunday. It noted that relevant administrative efforts have already commenced to facilitate constructive dialogue.

Mar 24, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

Gov't takes steps to promote dialogue with doctors

Health care standoff to worsen amid looming resignations by med professors

The monthlong confrontation between the government and doctors was feared to worsen further as medical school professors were to tender mass resignations and cut back on patient care starting this week, while the government was to suspend the licenses of striking trainee doctors, officials said Sunday.

Mar 24, 2024

Health care standoff to worsen amid looming resignations by med professors

Korea to join global efforts to expand use of nuclear energy as clean power

Korea will work to bolster its nuclear energy industry to join global efforts to expand the use of nuclear power as a clean energy source, its science ministry said Friday.

Mar 22, 2024

Korea to join global efforts to expand use of nuclear energy as clean power

Yoon's med school quota hike plan raises fears regarding brain drain from sciences

The Yoon Suk Yeol administration's plan to raise the number of medical students is stoking fears that an increasing number of top students may turn away from science and engineering-based courses and instead flock to medical schools.

Mar 21, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

Yoon's med school quota hike plan raises fears regarding brain drain from sciences

Additional military surgeons, public health doctors to be deployed: PM

Health ministry to start suspending licenses of defiant trainee doctors from next week

The health ministry said Thursday it will begin suspending medical licenses of trainee doctors who have defied a return-to-work order from next week, as the government pushed ahead with its plan to hike the number of medical students.

Mar 21, 2024

Health ministry to start suspending licenses of defiant trainee doctors from next week

ILO dismisses request for intervention by striking trainee doctors: labor ministry

Gov't presses on with medical school quota hike

The government accelerated the process of implementing a controversial medical school quota expansion plan starting next year by allocating 82 percent of the additional 2,000 admission seats to 27 universities located outside the greater Seoul area on Wednesday, despite intensifying protests from the medical community.

Mar 20, 2024By Jun Ji-hye

Gov't presses on with medical school quota hike

PM says increasing med school admissions by 2,000 is minimum necessary measure

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Wednesday the government's plan to increase the medical school enrollment quota by 2,000 is the necessary minimum measure to address an anticipated shortage of doctors.

Mar 20, 2024

PM says increasing med school admissions by 2,000 is minimum necessary measure

3 major groups of doctors to hold meeting as gov't pushes ahead with plan to hike medical students

Three major groups of senior and junior doctors plan to hold a rare meeting on Wednesday, a medical source said, as the government is set to announce the allocation of an additional 2,000 medical school admission seats.

Mar 20, 2024

3 major groups of doctors to hold meeting as gov't pushes ahead with plan to hike medical students

Doctors' group files complaint against health minister over abuse of power

A group of doctors filed a complaint against the health minister and one of his deputies Tuesday in connection with a protracted row over the government's decision to increase the country's medical school enrollment quota.

Mar 19, 2024

Doctors' group files complaint against health minister over abuse of power

President says medical school quota hike is 'will of the people'

President says medical school quota hike is 'will of the people'

President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday that his administration's steadfast commitment to expanding the medical school quota is deeply rooted in the "will of the people." He underscored that the government remains resolute in its plan to add 2,000 new slots to medical schools, with no room for compromise.

Mar 19, 2024By Nam Hyun-woo

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