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Half of hospitals ignore 8 billion won EMS transfer system alerts

Despite the billions of won spent on the smart transfer system, hospitals only replied to just under half of the emergency requests made through it, prompting calls for an AI-backed overhaul.

2026.7.28

Gov't plans nationwide rollout of emergency coordination centers after regional pilot program ends 'ER ping-pong'

A three-month trial shifting hospital searches from paramedics to coordination centers eliminated transfer rejections in western Korea and is set to expand nationwide by September.

2026.6.22

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This 119 ambulance transporting a patient collided with a truck on Yeongga Bridge in Andong, North Gyeongsang, on Jan. 14. [YONHAP]

One dies, three injured in ambulance-truck collision in Andong

A 119 ambulance transporting a patient collided with a truck on Yeongga Bridge in Andong, North Gyeongsang, at around 1:13 p.m. on Wednesday. The patient was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead.

2026.1.14

High schooler's death in Busan spotlights Korea's dearth of pediatric specialists

A high school student in Busan died in an ambulance last month after paramedics were unable to find a hospital equipped to provide pediatric care — a case that has reignited concerns over a shortage of pediatric and adolescent specialists in Korea.

2025.11.18

Mother and baby die after patrol car fails to yield to ambulance in Busan

Public outrage erupted after a police patrol car in Busan failed to yield to an ambulance carrying a pregnant woman in critical condition, leading to the deaths of both the mother and her baby.

2025.11.5

An ambulance is seen outside a university hospital emergency room on April 17. [KIM SUNG-TAE]

Emergency rooms overwhelmed with mild cases during Chuseok holiday

During the Chuseok holiday, top-tier emergency rooms across Korea were swamped with patients suffering from mild ailments like colds and nosebleeds, as many clinics remained closed.

2025.10.10

Man survives 11th-floor fall in Incheon, authorities say getting caught in tree softened fall

A man in his 40s survived a fall from an 11th-floor apartment in Incheon after getting caught in a tree on the way down, according to the Incheon Fire Department on Friday.

2025.8.15

Member of R&B group g.o.d Kim Tae-woo [IOK COMPANY]

g.o.d's Kim Tae-woo apologizes for alleged taking private ambulance to event

Kim was recently summarily indicted on charges of violating the Emergency Medical Services Act by taking a private ambulance from Goyang, Gyeonggi, to an event in Seongdong District, eastern Seoul, in March 2018.

2023.10.16

Three European scouts busted for shoplifting in Seoul

Three foreign scouts have been detained in Seoul on suspicion of shoplifting, local police said Tuesday.

2023.8.15

Medical staff members attend to a patient at the emergency ward of Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital in western Seoul on June 10. [KIM JONG-HO]

Finding an ER in Korea is a matter of life and death

A man in his 70s who was in a car accident in Yongin one late night in May was rushed from one hospital to another in an ambulance, as all hospitals in the vicinity told the ambulance operators their emergency rooms (ER) were booked solid...

2023.7.4