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Doctors' group vows to stop government's plan for med school quota hike

The Korean Medical Association (KMA), the nation’s largest coalition of doctors, vowed to stop the government’s plan to increase the number of medical school students starting next year, denouncing it as an “unreasonable” policy.

Feb 14, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
Doctors' group vows to stop government's plan for med school quota hike

Gov't renews call for restraint over med school quota hike, while doctors vow to block

The health ministry on Wednesday renewed its call for trainee doctors to avert collective action in protest of a plan to boost seats at medical schools, while a major business lobby of doctors vowed to block the plan "at any cost."

Feb 14, 2024
Gov't renews call for restraint over med school quota hike, while doctors vow to block
  • Gov't urges trainee doctors to refrain from staging walkout

Korea to launch quantum computing-based cloud services this year

Korea will launch cloud services using indigenous quantum computers and begin test flights of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles in Seoul metropolitan areas this year, the finance ministry said Wednesday.

Feb 14, 2024
Korea to launch quantum computing-based cloud services this year

Gov't urges trainee doctors to refrain from staging walkout

The health ministry urged interns and resident doctors on Tuesday to refrain from going on strike to protest the government’s plan to increase the number of medical school students starting next year.

Feb 13, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
Gov't urges trainee doctors to refrain from staging walkout
  • Gov't renews call for restraint over med school quota hike, while doctors vow to block

Nutritionist shares ways to reduce irritable bowel syndrome through diet, lifestyle

Imagine waking up one day to a relentless discomfort in your gut, a turmoil that disrupts your daily life severely without any warning. This invisible adversary, known as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), haunts 10 percent to 15 percent of the global population with its unpredictable symptoms of stomach pain, diarrhea and gas.

Feb 13, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo
Nutritionist shares ways to reduce irritable bowel syndrome through diet, lifestyle

Doctors' strike imminent amid gov't push for medical school quota hike

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.

Feb 12, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
Doctors' strike imminent amid gov't push for medical school quota hike

Medical school quota increase 'irreversible': presidential office

The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday that the government's decision to increase the medical school quota is "irreversible," denouncing doctors' threats of collective action as unjustifiable.

Feb 11, 2024
Medical school quota increase 'irreversible': presidential office

2,500 pharmacies, hospitals to open during holidays

Some 2,500 pharmacies and hospitals will remain open during the Lunar New Year holiday — from Friday to Monday — to prevent a medical service vacuum, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Thursday.

Feb 8, 2024By Lee Hae-rin
2,500 pharmacies, hospitals to open during holidays

Medical school enrollment enquiries grow amid government's quota expansion push

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.

Feb 7, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
Medical school enrollment enquiries grow amid government's quota expansion push

Gov't to raise med school admissions quota by 2,000 from 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.

Feb 6, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
Gov't to raise med school admissions quota by 2,000 from 2025
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