Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Video of 'Boys II Planet' idol trainee saving taxi driver from assault goes viral

A video showing a Chinese trainee, who appeared on K-pop idol audition program "Boys II Planet," helping a taxi driver being assaulted by a drunk man went viral Saturday.

2025-10-04

Trainee doctors returning to hospitals as walkout over enrollment increase plan ends

Trainee doctors who quit their jobs in protest of the previous administration's increase in medical school admissions are set to return to hospitals this week, medical sources said Sunday.

2025-08-31

End to med student boycott in sight with announcement of return to classrooms

Medical students who boycotted classes in protest of the government's plan to increase medical school admissions announced Saturday they will return to school amid the prolonged medical impasse.

2025-07-13

Stop quick fixes and find fundamental solutions (KOR)

The government must not forget that without close communication with medical doctors, any solution will be a pipe dream.

2024-07-29

Stop quick fixes and find fundamental solutions

The government must not forget that without close communication with medical doctors, any solution will be a pipe dream.

2024-07-28

Trainee doctors should return to hospitals now (KOR)

We urge trainee doctors and the government to resolve this crisis through constructive dialogue since the government left the room for renegotiation over the quota increase in 2026 and beyond.

2024-07-09

Trainee doctors should return to hospitals now

We urge trainee doctors and the government to resolve this crisis through constructive dialogue since the government left the room for renegotiation over the quota increase in 2026 and beyond.

2024-07-08

Doctors must return to the negotiating table

Doctors must return to the negotiating table to work out a compromise before it’s too late.

2024-06-05

Come back before it's too late!

It remains to be seen if trainee doctors will return to their hospitals after the government decided to allow big hospitals to accept their resignations.

2024-06-04

Medical professors to begin resignations Thursday, weekly days off amid protracted strike

Medical professors at major hospitals in Korea will begin resigning on Thursday as planned and take one day off weekly starting next week, arguing that they have been pushed to their limits from overwork with the junior doctors' strike.

2024-04-24