[Column] Korea's sick obsession with medical school
The logic of profit underlying to push to get into med school isn’t serving the Korean public
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The logic of profit underlying to push to get into med school isn’t serving the Korean public
It’s just a few short weeks away before the country becomes awash in pink with the blooms of the ever-popular cherry blossoms.
Kim Man-bae, a key figure behind a scandal-ridden property development project in the Daejang-dong district of Seongnam, just south of Seoul, was sentenced by a court Wednesday to 30-months in prison on bribery charges.
Political parties have begun nominating candidates for the April 10 general elections, with the process expected to intensify in heated competition among heavyweights in key constituencies.
Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung's wife, Kim Hye-kyung, was indicted without detention on Wednesday on charges of violating the election law by offering meals to party figures ahead of the 2022 presidential election, the Suwon District Prosecutors Office said. Kim is accused of providing meals worth 104,000 won ($78) to six people, including three figures related to the then-ruling Democratic Party, at a Seoul re...