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From left: Democratic Party (DP) Rep. Park Ju-min, Lee Sun-woo, interim leader of the Korean Medical Student Association, Kim Taek-woo, chief of the Korean Medical Association and DP Rep. Kim Young-ho deliver their joint statement on medical students' return to their schools in central Seoul on July 12. [NEWS1]

Is a breakthrough finally in sight in Korea's longest ever doctors' strike?

Nearly a year and a half after junior doctors resigned en masse and medical students boycotted their classes to protest the government's hike of the med school admissions quota, a breakthrough is in sight.

2025.7.17

Medical staff enter a hospital building in Seoul on July 14, the day representatives of resident doctors met with lawmakers in Yeouido, western Seoul. [NEWS1]

Resident doctors eye return to work as standoff with government begins to thaw

The longstanding 17-month conflict between the medical community and the government finally seems to see signs of thawing as medical students recently declared their return to school. Now, resident doctors are accelerating their own discussions.

2025.7.15

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Paramedics transport patients to a general hospital in downtown Seoul on Tuesday. [NEWS1]

Gov't extends incentives to keep hospitals running amid protracted walkout

The government on Tuesday decided to extend a financial incentive scheme for a month to keep hospitals up and running amid a prolonged short-staffing caused by doctors’ strike.

2024.5.7

A medical professional on an escalator inside a general hospital in Seoul on Wednesday. [NEWS1]

Medical schools to add around 1,550 admissions seats, less than gov't plan

Korean medical schools will add around 1,550 seats to their incoming class for the 2025 academic year, falling short of the government’s original plan to increase admissions by 2,000 seats.

2024.5.1

Lim Hyun-taek, president-elect of the Korean Medical Association, holds the group's flag at a general assembly meeting in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Sunday. [NEWS1]

New doctors' group chief demands scrapping of reforms for talks

The new leader of the nation’s largest doctors’ group on Sunday said that medical professionals would take a seat at the bargaining table only after the government "scraps its medical reform policies and the enrollment quota hike in medical schools."

2024.4.28

Two medical professionals walk in a general hospital's compound on Thursday in Seoul. [YONHAP]

Government considers granting medical schools autonomy on admission quotas

The government is likely to provide autonomy to medical schools for their admission quota expansion on Friday, accepting requests from presidents of national universities.

2024.4.19

Medical school students at the College of Medicine of Hallym University on Thursday. Senior students of the college decided to take a year-long leave of absence as a means of firing back against the government's medical school quota hike. [YONHAP]

Med school students to file for leave next Tuesday in protest of quota hike

A total of 35 medical school student representatives out of 40 schools nationwide held an emergency meeting Thursday night. Those who attended the meeting agreed unanimously to set Tuesday as the date to file for leave.

2024.2.16

Doctors walk across a corridor at a hospital in Seoul on Dec. 28, 2022. [NEWS1]

Doubts surround plan to boost med school enrollment

While the government is expected to increase the enrollment quotas of medical schools significantly, questions remain about whether the plan will effectively address the shortage of doctors in provincial regions.

2023.10.23

Patients and guardians waits at Kyungpook National University Hospital’s pediatric department in Daegu on Thursday. There have been concerns over the lack of essential medical services and professions especially in provincial areas outside the greater Seoul area. [YONHAP]

President Yoon says more doctors needed in essential fields and rural areas

Yoon Suk Yeol proposed reducing the legal risks and insurance premiums for doctors in essential fields, including obstetrics and gynecology. The government initally planned to add1,000 more medical school students a year.

2023.10.19

Doctor demonstration

Doctors on strike demonstrate in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Friday to protest the government's plan to turn out more medical students and mandating that a majority of them practice in areas outside Seoul. According to the Health Ministry...

2020.8.14