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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...