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SEOUL — South Korea said on May 30 its medical schools will accept almost 1,500 additional students in 2025, pressing ahead with an admissions hike that has caused trainee doctors across the country to go on strike.
SEOUL - A much-heralded first meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and a negotiator for young doctors who walked off the job in February appeared to have made little progress on Thursday (April 4) after the latter expressed pessimism on social media.
SEOUL — President Yoon Suk-yeol vowed on Tuesday (Feb 27) to go ahead with a plan to increase the number of students admitted into medical schools to improve healthcare in South Korea, and said there was no justification for the protests this reform had triggered.
SEOUL — South Korean nurses have been given legal protection to perform some medical procedures normally conducted by doctors, the health minister said on Feb 27, as the authorities seek to ease the burden on hospital staff caused by a walkout of trainee doctors.
SEOUL — The South Korean government warned on Friday (Feb 16) that trainee doctors were putting public health at risk after more than 150 tendered their resignations to protest a government plan to admit more students to medical schools.
The government will cover expenses up to 500,000 baht (US$14,000) and pay compensation of up to 1 million baht in case of death under the new scheme.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Korean doctors rallied in the capital, Seoul, and other cities on Thursday against a government plan to boost the number of medical students.