After more than a week of a mass walkout by junior doctors protesting against a rise in medical school admissions quotas, the government has issued a call for their return by tomorrow or warned of potential punitive measures. President Yoon Suk Yeol emphasized on Tuesday that collective action cannot be justified on any grounds, reiterating that an increase of 2,000 seats was the minimum requirement to ensure timely treatment for the sick. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo also asked the trainees to return to the work site. We hope this deadline can break the current stalemate at hospitals and jumpstart new talks on adjusting the enrollment quota at the medical schools.