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Three medical professionals stand inside a general hospital in Seoul on Friday. [NEWS1]

Junior doctors and gov't fail to agree on medical reforms

The government and medical sector failed to narrow their differences over planned medical reforms despite a face-to-face meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and the head of a junior doctors’ group on Thursday.

2024.4.5

President Yoon Suk Yeol bows after finishing his public address on medical reform at the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul on Monday, a day before inviting junior doctors to join a direct dialogue with him. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

President Yoon affirms 'respect for voices of junior doctors' in face-to-face meeting

President Yoon Suk Yeol told the head of a major junior doctors' group that he will "respect" their perspectives during an in-person meeting at the presidential office on Thursday.

2024.4.4

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An elderly patient lies on a bench as she waits to see a doctor at a university hospital in Daegu on Friday. [YONHAP]

Gov't to respond to ILO concerning back-to-work orders for junior doctors

The Labor Ministry said it will respond vigorously to the International Labour Organization after junior doctors appealed to the UN agency over back-to-work orders.

2024.3.29

Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo, center, speaks in a press briefing held at Government Complex Seoul in Jongno District, downtown Seoul, on Wednesday. [NEWS1]

Korea begs doctors to stop protesting med school quota hike

Last week, the government announced it would increase the medical school enrollment quota by 2,000 next year, marking the first hike since 1998. The decision has sparked fierce backlash among doctors' groups, who have threatened general strikes.

2024.2.14

Park Ji-hyun, interim leader of the Korean Intern Resident Association (KIRA) leading the strike, speaks at a press conference last week criticizing the government's reform plans. Park and KIRA announced Sunday the group was acquiescing to an agreement between the government and the Korean Medical Association to suspend the strike amid the Covid-19 outbreak. [YONHAP]

Doctors' groups, gov't reach agreement to end strike

After bitter infighting, Korea’s leading organization representing trainee doctors on Sunday reluctantly agreed to call off a weekslong strike against the government’s plan to increase medical school quotas.

2020.9.6

A sign is posted at the entrance to the emergency room of Seoul National University Hospital in central Seoul saying delays were to be expected. Trainee doctors at this hospital and many other major medical centers nationwide are on an indefinite strike to protest the government's plan to increase medical school admissions. [NEWS1]

Trainee doctors dig in despite government's order

Hundreds of doctors in training remained on strike despite the Health Ministry’s threat to take criminal action against them.

2020.8.27

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Gov't to respond to ILO concerning back-to-work orders for junior doctors

Korea begs doctors to stop protesting med school quota hike

Doctors' groups, gov't reach agreement to end strike

Trainee doctors dig in despite government's order