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Fold your pride and start constructive dialogue (KOR)

The medical community and the government must fold their pride and engage in constructive dialogue.

2024.10.8

Fold your pride and start constructive dialogue

The medical community and the government must fold their pride and engage in constructive dialogue.

2024.10.7

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Patients walk down a darkened corridor in an unspecified major hospital in Seoul on Sunday. [YONHAP]

Gov't files documents defending medical recruitment hike to court

The government has submitted documents defending its decision to expand annual medical school admissions by 2,000 spots in a case that is on appeal before the Seoul High Court, according to a lawyer representing the plaintiffs on Saturday.

2024.5.12

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo speaks during a Friday meeting of the Central Disaster Management Headquarters at the Central Government Complex in Jongno District, Seoul, to address the ongoing junior doctors' strike. [YONHAP]

Only qualified foreign doctors will practice in Korea, assures prime minister

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday that the government will ensure that only qualified foreign doctors can practice in Korea in response to outrage from the medical community over a proposal to bring in medical practitioners from overseas.

2024.5.10

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo speaks at a meeting at the Central Government Complex in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Friday. [YONHAP]

Prime minister urges med school professors against walkout

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has urged medical school professors not to walk off the job in solidarity with protesting junior doctors.

2024.4.26

President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, shakes hands with medical professionals at Hankook General Hospital in North Chungcheong on Tuesday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

Yoon promises a 'bold investment' into the medical sector

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday promised to make a “bold investment” in the medical sector, giving it the same weight as national security, amid an escalating standoff with doctors.

2024.3.26

President Yoon Suk Yeol shakes hands with a doctor at Asan Medical Center in southern Seoul on Monday before meeting with medical professionals and the hospital director on the same day. Yoon's visit marks the first time that he has visited a hospital since the announcement of the medical school admissions quota increase last month. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

Gov't considers negotiating med school admission quota

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday urgently invited the medical sector to “join the dialogue,” asking them to trust the government amid continuing disarray between health care professionals and authorities.

2024.3.18

Medical professors turn away from patients (KOR)

Medical school professors joining the walkout would only worsen the crisis.

2024.3.15

Medical professors turn away from patients