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South Korean police raid incoming medical association leader's office

South Korean police on Friday conducted a raid on the office of Lim Hyun-taek, the incoming leader of the Korean Medical Association, according to authorities.

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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks

South Korea entered another round of medical standoff as doctors refused to accept a government proposal to allow medical schools to reduce their enrollment quotas for next year, or join a presidential committee on medical reform. In response, the Health Ministry has stated that its stance remains unchanged regarding the scrapping of the plan to expand the annual medical student admissions quota by 2,000. The governm...

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Rift grows within medical circle over expansion plan

The medical community appears to be facing a rift over coming up with a unified proposal for the expansion plan a day after the government requested it, as it seeks a breakthrough in the prolonged medical standoff through dialogue. Lim Hyun-taek, the newly appointed president of the Korean Medical Association -- the largest coalition of doctors’ groups here, with some 140,000 members -- demanded Kim Taek-woo, t...

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Shift in stance? Ministry leaves room for dialogue over med student hike

Suggesting a shift in its adamant stance over the medical student quota, the Korean government said Monday it was ready for talks “open-mindedly” with doctors, urging the medical community to bring in proposals based on scientific evidence and logic. “(The decision) to add 2,000 new slots in the medical school enrollment quota was determined through scientific research examined carefully. (But) to r...

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Hopes for breakthrough fade as talks yield no change in stance

Hopes for a breakthrough in the protracted medical standoff are fading after the meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and Park Dan, the head of the Korean Intern Resident Association, ended without agreement Thursday, with the two sides still far apart. Amid the prolonged impasse, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said during Friday’s government response meeting that the government would continue to “communi...

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Head of junior doctors' group meets Yoon

Park Dan, the head of a group of junior doctors, said Thursday that he would meet President Yoon Suk Yeol in the afternoon, two days after the president left the door open for talks with trainee doctors, saying he was willing to hear their voices. The two reportedly were set to meet at around 2 p.m. in the presidential office in Seoul, according to reports citing officials. The presidential office declined to confirm...

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Private physicians, med professors start reducing work hours

Patient anxiety over health care disruptions is growing as medical professors and private physicians started reducing their work hours to protest against the medical school quota expansion plan on Monday, shrugging off the government’s efforts to facilitate talks. The Medical Professors Association of Korea said medical professors, who are senior doctors at major hospitals, began shortening their work time to 5...

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Government-doctor talks remain at standstill on quota expansion plan

Clouds are hovering over the government’s attempts to seek a breakthrough with medical circles, a week after it left the door open for talks, as doctors refuse to bend and as the government locks horns within the ruling bloc over the expansion plan. An emergency response committee comprising medical professors from 20 schools on Saturday demanded that Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo be excluded from ma...

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Korean government tries both carrots and sticks to get doctors back to work

The government is racing to enact new legislation on malpractice suits while also brandishing threats of criminal complaints against doctors

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Korean government tries both carrots and sticks to get doctors back to work

The government is racing to enact new legislation on malpractice suits while also brandishing threats of criminal complaints against doctors

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