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Escalating medical dispute: Gov't, doctors should begin dialogue to find early soluti...

South Korean Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Tuesday expressed deep concerns over a decision by medical professors to resign unless there is a breakthrough in a prolonged walkout by trainee doctors, saying that such a collective action would ...

An overreliance on underpaid and overworked trainees, insufficient fostering of public medical center capabilities, and muddled divisions between the duties of doctors and nurses have all contributed to the current crisis

The country’s second vice health minister said that one-year medical license suspensions and formal indictments await interns and residents who do not obey the back-to-work order

The government raised its four-scale health care service crisis gauge to the highest level of "serious" Friday in response to the departure of doctors in their collective action against the planned increase in the medical school admission quota. In an effort to alleviate the growing strain on the medical system, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said the government will maximize the use of public medical institut...

The South Korean government said it has elevated the health care crisis level to the highest position, as of Friday at 8 a.m., in response to the collective walkout of junior doctors as they show little signs of returning. The highest level of seriousness in the four-tier warning system had previously been issued during the COVID-19 pandemic over a spike in confirmed cases, but this is the first time the government h...

Many parts of Gangwon Province have recorded substantial snowfall, with some eastern mountainous regions setting new records, according to a weather agency Friday. The Korea Meteorological Administration announced that its weather station on Hyangro Mountain in Goseong reached its snow measurement limit of 160 centimeters for the first time. By 11 p.m. on Wednesday, the station had recorded 146.4 centimeters of snow....

An intensifying confrontation between doctors and the government over the latter’s decision to increase the number of medical students next year is causing significant disruptions ...

Extreme cold temperatures to continue until morning of January 26 Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

Bitter cold weather continued to grip the nation Wednesday, keeping temperatures well below zero in most regions, with Seouls morning low at minus 11.2 C, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. The cities of Incheon and Suwon, both located in the area surrounding Seoul, also recorded morning lows of minus 10.4 C and minus 11.3 C, respectively, while regions in the northern part of Gyeonggi Province an...