Don't attack non-striking colleagues, gov't warns doctors Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Sunday that the government plans to push ahead with its plan to expand medical recruitment and warned junior doctors on strike against attacking others who have returned to their jobs. 2024.3.10
Trainee doctors going back to work Tuesday Trainee doctors agreed to return to work Tuesday morning after fierce internal wrangling over whether to end their 18-day strike protesting controversial medical reform plans. 2020.9.7
DP signals possibility of compromise with striking doctors As the ruling Democratic Party (DP) signaled a willingness to head back to the drawing board with its medical reform plans, anticipation is growing that the government and doctors may finally reach a compromise to end the trainee doctors’ strike. 2020.9.2
Last-minute hospital visits People flock to the Seoul National University Children's Hospital in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Tuesday, a day before a three-day doctors’ strike is set to kick off Wednesday. 2020.8.25
Striking trainee doctors agree to keep treating Covid patients An association of trainee doctors agreed to participate in medical services related to Covid-19 despite being on strike to protest the government’s plans to increase medical school admissions following a meeting with the prime minister on Sunday. 2020.8.24
Trainees walk out of hospitals, doctors threaten to follow Trainee doctors on all levels went on indefinite strike Sunday to protest the government's plan to increase medical school admissions, with concern mounting over a general doctors’ walkout this week. 2020.8.23
![Patients move along the corridors of the National Medical Center in Jung District, central Seoul, on Sunday, the 20th day of the ongoing walkout by junior doctors from major hospitals across the country. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12209677.jpg?imageId=12209677&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A mans stares at the registration sign at the Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute in Gwangjin District, eastern Seoul, a day before the 85th Korean Medical License Examination kicks off. The Health Ministry said Monday that the medical exam, already postponed once, will be carried out as scheduled despite only 14 percent out of 3,172 medical students having applied for it amid a boycott over increasing medical school admissions. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11694230.jpg?imageId=11694230&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A member of the civic group Citizens' Solidarity for Participation of Busan holds a one-person picket protest in front of Busan City Hall, showing support for expanding regional health care services and urging doctors to halt their strike and return to treating patients amid the Covid-19 pandemic. [SONG BONG-GEUN]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11499822.jpg?imageId=11499822&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![People flock to the Seoul National University Children's Hospital in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Tuesday, a day before a three-day doctors’ strike is set to kick off Wednesday — an event that may impact major general hospitals’ ability to receive patients and operate emergency rooms. Doctors will hold a second general strike through Friday to protest the government plan to increase medical school admissions, a move which has been strongly condemned by the Korean Medical Association. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11247453.jpg?imageId=11247453&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun talks with representatives from the Korean Intern Resident Association (KIRA) at the government office complex in Seoul on Sunday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11222078.jpg?imageId=11222078&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Residents at the Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital in Seocho District, southern Seoul, take off their gowns and stage a walkout Sunday as trainee doctors kicked off a strike Friday to protest the government’s plan to increase medical school admissions. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10288535.jpg?imageId=10288535&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)