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Talks broke down after the union stuck with its all for 12.7pc hike in hourly wages

AsiaToday reporter Ji Hwan-hyukMedical school professors will begin tendering their resignations from Monday in protest of the government’s plan to ad..

Ruling party leader Han Dong-hoon said Monday that potential talks between the government and medical professors can be a new starting point in resolving the prolonged walkout by...

The government on Monday began deploying 158 military and public health doctors to hospitals affected by a nationwide walkout staged by thousands of trainee doctors, in a bid to make up for the shortage of medical staff and minimize disruptions to medical services.

South Korean authorities, increasingly desperate as over 90% of the country’s junior doctors have gone on strike, are looking to the military to help.

South Korean officials have even begun showing up at striking doctors’ doors after they refuse to receive back-to-work orders via text.

Most striking doctors have not returned to work despite a deadline, South Korea's health minister said Thursday, warning of legal action if medics do not end work stoppages that have plunged hospitals into chaos.Under South Korean law, doctors are restricted from striking, and the government threatened to arrest and suspend the medical licenses for medics who do not return to work by Thursday.

Junior doctors have gone on strike over the past week, causing disruption and delays to surgeries.

Seoul is giving young doctors four days to end walkouts, threatening prosecutions or suspended licences.

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