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Gov't intensifies pressure on striking trainee doctors with police raid

The government intensified pressure on striking trainee doctors by conducting a police raid on offices of a major doctors' association and repeating the back-to-work order Friday as many of them remained off the job after the government-set deadline for their return passed.

Mar 1, 2024
Gov't intensifies pressure on striking trainee doctors with police raid

Government moves to suspend licenses of striking trainee doctors

The government said it will soon initiate steps to suspend the licenses of striking trainee doctors who failed to return to work by the Thursday deadline imposed by the government as a nationwide walkout continues in protest against the Yoon Suk Yeol administration's proposal to increase the enrollment quota at medical schools.

Feb 29, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
Government moves to suspend licenses of striking trainee doctors

Most trainee doctors resist order to return on deadline day as punitive steps loom

Most trainee doctors who walked off their jobs to protest against the government's policy defied the government's order to return to work on Thursday, a deadline where they face suspension of licenses and even indictment unless they comply with it.

Feb 29, 2024
Most trainee doctors resist order to return on deadline day as punitive steps loom
  • Nearly 300 trainee doctors return to work between Tuesday and Wednesday

7 out of 10 medical school students apply for leave of absence

Seven out of 10 medical school students from across the nation have applied for a leave of absence in a collective action protesting the government's medical school quota hike plan, the education ministry said Thursday.

Feb 29, 2024
7 out of 10 medical school students apply for leave of absence
  • Nearly 300 trainee doctors return to work between Tuesday and Wednesday

Banned preservatives found in kids' clay products from China

Some kids' clay products imported from China turned out to contain illegal preservatives, the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) said Thursday.

Feb 29, 2024
Banned preservatives found in kids' clay products from China

Veteran doctor treats Marines, residents on front-line island for decade

Doctor Lee Doo-ik, 76, has offered medical treatment on South Korea's front-line Baengnyeong Island for a decade.

Feb 29, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
Veteran doctor treats Marines, residents on front-line island for decade

Health care standoff leads to infighting within medical sector

The medical community is facing an internal split as the conflict between the government and doctors over the medical school enrollment quota increase intensifies.

Feb 28, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
Health care standoff leads to infighting within medical sector
  • Nearly 300 trainee doctors return to work between Tuesday and Wednesday

Gov't files police complaint against protesting doctors

The health ministry on Tuesday filed a complaint with the police against doctors protesting a government plan to increase the medical student admission quota, its first legal action since the start of a mass walkout by junior doctors about a week ago.

Feb 27, 2024
Gov't files police complaint against protesting doctors

Trainee doctors' strike reveals critical flaws in hospital operations

The vacuum caused in the nation's medical services due to trainee doctors’ ongoing strike, in protest against the government's medical student quota increase policy, is highlighting hospitals’ heavy dependence on junior doctors.

Feb 27, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
Trainee doctors' strike reveals critical flaws in hospital operations
  • Health services disrupted as mass walkout by trainee doctors approaches deadline

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

President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday the government's plan to raise the medical school enrollment quota by 2,000 is a "minimum necessary measure" aimed at addressing a shortage of doctors with no room for negotiation or compromise.

Feb 27, 2024
Yoon says increasing med school admissions by 2,000 is minimum necessary measure
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