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The government is ready to discuss with doctors about an increased quota in medical school admissions in an open manner if they come up with a unified and more reasonable measure, Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol met Park Dan, head of the Korean Intern Resident Association (KIRA), Thursday, to explore ways to address the months-long walkout by junior doctors in protest against the government's push to increase the number of medical students.
SEOUL (Reuters) -A much-heralded first meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and a negotiator for young doctors who walked off the job in February appeared to have made little progress on Thursday after the latter expressed pessimism on social media. Yoon's office said his first in-person talks lasted more than two hours, after he showed the first signs of flexibility in an approach until now marked by a hardline attitude, as crucial parliament elections approach next week. "There is no future for medical care in Korea," the negotiator, Park Dan, posted on his F...
A major lobby group of community doctors on Wednesday welcomed an offer by President Yoon Suk Yeol for talks with trainee doctors, reacting positively to a possible meeting between...
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