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Authorities have issued their first legal crackdown against the protest, focusing on five doctors affiliated with the Korean Medical Association and suspected of instigating the strike.

South Korea granted nurses new powers and legal protections Tuesday, and launched an investigation into a patient's death, as hospital chaos caused by striking trainee doctors entered a second week."Although it is claimed that legal protection is provided, I do not find it specific enough to feel safe," said Lee Hye-ok, a nurse at one of the five biggest hospitals in South Korea. 

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

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 ...

Anxiety is mounting in South Korea’s largest hospitals, now starting to buckle under the absence of thousands of doctors who are on strike.

Rest of World News: South Korea raises its health alert to the highest level after a mass walkout by trainee doctors. Public hospitals extend working hours to respond to growing strains on the medical system.

The South Korean government raised a health crisis alert to its highest level of "severe" on Friday, as a protest by doctors over medical school admissions has led thousands to walk out on the job for a fourth day.

Rest of World News: Public hospitals in South Korea will extend working hours and use telemedicine to alleviate strain on healthcare services after a mass walkout by trainee doctors. Find out more.

SEOUL (Reuters) -Emergency departments at all but one of South Korea's biggest hospitals were on red alert on Thursday as trainee doctors vowed to stay off the job in protest at government plans to increase medical school admissions to boost the healthcare sector. The protests by almost two-thirds of the country's young doctors, which began this week, has forced hospitals to turn away patients and cancel procedures, raising fears about further disruptions to the medical system should t...

As tensions mount, South Korea threatens to suspend licenses of doctors behind collective action