SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Major general hospitals have requested the government expand low-interest loans for them as the protracted walkout by trainee doctors has disrupted hospital operations, causing billions of won in deficits per day, sources said Friday. The walkout, which has continued for over three weeks, disrupted operations of major general hospitals [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Friday made a last-minute appeal for medical professors not to resign en masse in support of a prolonged walkout by junior doctors, as their threat to resign is expected to further disrupt services at major hospitals. More than 90 percent of the country’s 13,000 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study forecasts that artificial intelligence (AI) could potentially replace up to 13% of jobs in South Korea, totaling approximately 3.27 million positions, with a significant portion of these at risk within professional fields. The Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade released a report on March 13 outlining [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A leader of the Korean Medical Association (KMA), the biggest doctors’ group, appeared before police Thursday for his second round of questioning over suspicions of instigating a mass walkout by trainee doctors. Park Myung-ha, chief of the KMA emergency committee’s organizational affairs, arrived at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Yonhap) — The health ministry chided medical professors Wednesday for moving to resign in support of a mass walkout by junior doctors that has disrupted public health services for more than three weeks. More than 90 percent of the country’s 13,000 trainee doctors walked off the job in the form of mass [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Wednesday the government’s decision to increase the medical school enrollment quota by 2,000 to address the shortage of doctors was based on scientific analysis. Over 90 percent of the country’s 13,000 junior doctors have been on mass resignations for nearly a month, protesting against [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical students nationwide have resolved to request their schools grant leave of absence applications they filed in collective action protesting the government’s plan to dramatically raise the medical school enrollment quota, their association said Wednesday. The Korean Medical Student Association said the decision was unanimously reached during a plenary [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A groundbreaking study has found that workers transitioning from regular to irregular employment are twice as likely to contemplate suicide compared to their counterparts who remain in regular employment. This significant discovery was made possible through the use of machine learning technology, traditionally employed in the business sector for analyzing [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical professors across the nation will take collective action if any damage occurs to trainee doctors and medical students protesting the government’s decision to significantly increase the medical school enrollment quota, the association of medical school faculties said Tuesday. The Medical Professors Association of Korea said it reached the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong expressed deep concerns Tuesday over medical professors’ decision to resign, regarding the ongoing confrontation by the government and striking trainee doctors, vowing efforts to seek a breakthrough. On Monday, medical school professors at Seoul National University (SNU) resolved to submit resignations en masse next week [...]