SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Medical professors working for three general hospitals in Seoul suspended outpatient clinics and surgeries Tuesday amid a prolonged walkout by junior doctors, but no major disruptions have been reported, officials said. Some professors, who serve as senior doctors at Seoul National University Hospital, Severance Hospital and Korea University Hospital, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – As the prestige of the teaching profession has waned in South Korea amid controversies over disciplinary issues, the bar for admission to teachers’ colleges has dropped precipitously, with some schools accepting students who scored in the bottom tier on the national college entrance exam. An analysis by Jongno Academy, a [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Hundreds of migrant workers gathered in front of Seoul Station on Sunday, the last weekend before Labor Day, demanding greater freedom to change workplaces and calling for an end to widespread wage theft and substandard living conditions that have come to define their lives in South Korea. The rally, organized [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will impose a travel ban on Haiti next month due to increasing safety concerns as gang violence is escalating in the Caribbean nation, the foreign ministry has said. The Level 4 travel advisory, the highest of the four-scale system, will go into effect Wednesday, and it will [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Two major general hospitals in Seoul were set to suspend outpatient clinics and surgeries Tuesday, as their senior doctors began taking a weekly day off amid a protracted walkout by junior doctors in protest of the government’s medical reform. Emergency rooms and inpatient care will remain in place at [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of heart attack cases in South Korea jumped by 50% over the past decade, largely fueled by the nation’s rapidly aging demographics, government data showed on Sunday, underscoring the need for greater awareness about preventing and promptly treating cardiovascular diseases. An analysis by the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea saw a record number of foreign patients seeking medical care last year as the country’s healthcare institutions aggressively courted overseas visitors after Covid-19 border curbs were lifted. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on April 29 that 605,768 foreign nationals received treatment at South Korean medical facilities [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Seven out of 10 South Korean workers who reported suffering in their jobs said they had been victims of bullying, violence or other abusive behavior, according to an analysis by a civic group that spotlights workplace injustices. The Seoul-based organization Gabjil 119 said on April 29 that of the 407 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Mandatory emission tests last year on 189,000 motorcycles in South Korea prevented the release of 98.5 metric tons of air pollutants, the government’s transportation safety agency reported on April 29. The reductions included 63 metric tons of carbon monoxide, 19.3 tons of particulate matter, 10.5 tons of nitrogen oxides and [...]
BORYEONG, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – In an effort to increase the city’s birthrate, officials in Boryeong, a coastal municipality in South Chungcheong Province, announced on April 29 that they would subsidize frozen egg fertility treatments for couples trying to conceive. The program will cover the costs of thawing frozen eggs and in vitro fertilization using [...]