SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday there is no change in the government’s principle against “illegal” labor action by trainee doctors, warning that the government would begin legal steps to punish those who defy an order to return to work. Thousands of trainee doctors remained off their jobs at [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The presidential office vowed Sunday to respond with “zero tolerance” after allegations emerged online that some doctors were trying to forcibly mobilize drug salesmen for their rally protesting the government’s medical school quota hike plan. The announcement came as some 20,000 doctors from across the nation were expected to [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The average annual working hours for South Koreans fell by nearly 200 hours over the past decade but still remain about 150 hours longer than the average of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), data showed Sunday. According to statistics from the Ministry of Employment and Labor, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Korea Bizwire) –A coalition of South Korean labor and civic organizations has come together to launch a network dedicated to the implementation of a four-day workweek and the elimination of prolonged labor practices. Dubbed the “Four-Day Workweek Network,” the coalition officially commenced its activities with a launch ceremony held at the National [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Graduate students at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) are receiving an average monthly stipend of 1.66 million won, a figure significantly below the minimum wage, according to a recent survey. This has sparked discussions on the need for fair compensation, as these students not only [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The prolonged absence of resident doctors across South Korea has left remaining medical staff, particularly professors and attending physicians, grappling with an unsustainable workload. A physician from the emergency medicine department of a Seoul hospital who wished to remain anonymous shared his current state of distress, revealing that his [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Most trainee doctors who walked off their jobs to protest against the government’s policy showed little sign of going back to work on Thursday, a deadline set by the government for them to return to work or they will face suspension of licenses and even indictment. About 9,000 trainee [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 300 trainee doctors who walked off their jobs to protest the government’s plan to increase medical school admissions returned to work during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, an official said Thursday. The 294 were tallied as of 11 a.m. Wednesday in a survey of 100 key teaching [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Interior Minister Lee Sang-min renewed calls for trainee doctors to return to work Thursday as the government-set deadline is set to expire later in the day for their return from a walkout protesting the government’s medical school quota hike plan. The government has given thousands of interns and resident [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior White House official on Tuesday portrayed South Korean enterprises operating in the United States as helping foster a robust supply chain ecosystem and create decent jobs, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. Lael Brainard, the director of the National Economic Council (NEC), made the point during a meeting with [...]