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The election of Lim Hyun-taek to the head of the Korean Medical Association is likely to embolden physicians in their protest of government policies aimed at increasing the number of doctors in Korea
Government reiterates former stance on increasing medical school admissions cap by 2,000
Medical students nationwide have resolved to request their schools grant leave of absence applications they filed in collective action protesting the government's plan to dramatica...
Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong expressed deep concerns Tuesday over medical professors' decision to resign, regarding the ongoing confrontation by the government and striking trainee doctors, vowing efforts to seek a breakthrough. On Monday, medical school professors at Seoul National University resolved to submit resignations en masse next week if the government fails to present "a reasonable breakthrough&q...
Critical care patients in South Korea are bracing for another round of uncertainty as medical professors, who have been filling the vacuum left by junior doctors’ walkouts, warned of collective action in protest against the government’s expansion plan. The Medical Professors Association of Korea -- a coalition of professors from 33 medical schools -- issued a statement on Tuesday that it would take collec...