SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Nurses were authorized to expand their role in the emergency rooms of major hospitals Friday to cope with a shortage of medical staff, as a mass walkout by more than 11,000 trainee doctors entered its 18th day and caused disruptions in health care services. About 92 percent of 13,000 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The unification ministry said Friday it will draw up a new vision for unification between the two Koreas to include the principle of liberal democracy amid North Korea’s vow not to seek unification with the South. The government earlier said it plans to update the National Community Unification Formula, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In the midst of ongoing collective actions by resident doctors, a post surfaced on the anonymous professional community Blind, revealing the apprehensions of a doctor contemplating return but fearing backlash and negative perceptions. On March 7, a user identifying as a resident doctor, referred to as A, shared their dilemma [...]
SEJONG, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The environment ministry on Thursday announced a two-year grace period for a ban on excessive parcel packaging set to go into effect next month. The overpackaging ban, set to take effect on April 30, stipulates that less than half of empty space should remain inside a delivery box after [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The foreign ministry will scale back the bureau handling the North Korean nuclear issue and create a broader strategy department focused on foreign policy intelligence-gathering, officials said Thursday, a major shakeup that mirrors the prolonged impasse in nuclear talks with Pyongyang. The tentatively named Office of Strategy and Intelligence [...]
WASHINGTON, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman was awarded a state medal from the South Korean government on Wednesday for her contribution to improving relations between the two countries, Seoul’s embassy in Washington said. On behalf of President Yoon Suk Yeol, Ambassador Cho Hyun-dong conferred the Gwanghwa Medal [...]
WASHINGTON, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean national has been indicted in an alleged bid-rigging conspiracy and scheme to defraud the United States in connection with operation and maintenance work for U.S. military installations in Korea, the Justice Department said Wednesday. In a press release, the department announced the indictment charging the person, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has begun forming a committee responsible for allocating 2,000 additional medical school admission seats to universities, officials said Thursday, amid continuing protests from doctors against the plan. The move came as the government is forging ahead with the medical quota hike to address a chronic shortage of [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will swiftly implement emergency measures to alleviate public inconveniences caused by the prolonged walkout by trainee doctors protesting the government’s decision to increase the medical school admission quota, an official said Thursday. Lee Han-kyung, the interior ministry’s chief disaster management official, made the remark during a daily [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Nurses will be allowed to perform CPR and administer medication for emergency patients beginning Friday, officials have said, as part of the government’s efforts to cope with disruptions of medical services due to the ongoing mass walkout by trainee doctors. The guidelines by the Ministry of Health and Welfare [...]