
What is behind South Korea medical student quota dispute
Here are some details about South Korea's medical system and the dispute.
Sat Mar 08 2025

South Korea offers to freeze medical student numbers to resolve 13-month dispute
Education minister Lee Ju-ho said, however, that the plan could only go ahead if all of the trainee doctors returned by the end of March.
Fri Mar 07 2025

South Korea denies hospital emergency rooms collapsing as army doctors deployed
The government plans to assign 235 military doctors and community doctors who will be rotated in to troubled hospitals from Sept. 9.
Mon Sep 02 2024

South Korea doctors warn COVID surge, strike could cripple emergency rooms
A COVID-19 spike and a trainee doctors' strike could overwhelm emergency rooms next month, with many doctors also off for a public holiday.
Fri Aug 23 2024

Protests spread over Indian doctor's rape and murder
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Mon Aug 19 2024

South Korea's medical professors join protests, reduce hours in practice
Professors will start scaling back outpatient treatment to focus on emergency and severely ill patients, while some submit resignations.
Mon Mar 25 2024

South Korea opens hotline to support doctors defying walkout
The health minister said hotline is to support physicians who faced harassment or peer pressure if they chose not to join a mass walkout.
Tue Mar 12 2024

South Korea deploys military, public doctors to strike-hit hospitals
Twenty military surgeons along with 138 public health doctors will be assigned to 20 hospitals for four weeks, the Health Minister said.
Mon Mar 11 2024

South Korea police to question medical body officials over trainee doctors walkout
South Korean police called in for questioning officials from a doctors' association over accusations they had broken medical law.
Wed Mar 06 2024

South Korea says to start legal action against doctors over walkout
Protesting trainee doctors could face administrative and legal penalties including suspension of medical licences and fines or a jail term.
Mon Mar 04 2024

South Korean doctors holds a mass rally against medical policy
Up to 40,000 doctors joined the rally, demanding the government scrap the plan to increase medical school admissions.
Mon Mar 04 2024

South Korea nurses to take on more medical work due to doctor walkout
Nurses have complained about the legal risk and heavier workload they face after trainee doctors walked off the job last week.
Tue Feb 27 2024

S.Korea doctors may be suspended unless they return to work -official
Vice health minister Park Min-soo said more than 9,000 trainee doctors had walked off their jobs so far.
Mon Feb 26 2024

EXPLAINER - Why are South Korean trainee doctors on strike over medical school quotas?
Trainee doctors say the government needs to address pay and working conditions first before boosting the number of physicians.
Thu Feb 22 2024

South Korea doctors to keep up protests as hospitals turn patients away
So far, more than 8,400 doctors joined the walkout, equivalent to about 64% of the entire resident and intern doctors in South Korea.
Thu Feb 22 2024

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