SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is open to the possibility of changing its policy to increase the medical school admission quota if a better option is proposed, the interior minister said Wednesday, as the walkout by protesting trainee doctors continued for the seventh week. Interior Minister Lee Sang-min made the remark during [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – With a prolonged strike by resident physicians in South Korea disrupting hospital operations, many nurses are reconsidering their career paths, with an increasing number exploring opportunities to work overseas, where the nursing profession is more robust and offers better compensation. Cho, 33, a nurse at a university hospital in Uijeongbu, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The government remains open to talks with doctors if they come up with a unified and reasonable solution to resolve an impasse over a reform to hike the number of medical students, a senior official said Tuesday. The comments by Deputy Health Minister Jun Byung-wang followed remarks a day [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday the government will accomplish medical reform, despite a prolonged walkout by junior doctors that have crippled public health services at major hospitals for nearly six weeks. “The government will accomplish medical reform by only looking at the people,” Cho told a government response [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The government’s ongoing push for medical reform is for the people, and it cannot be subject to negotiations, the health ministry said Friday, effectively rejecting the medical community’s call for modifying the state plan to markedly raise medical school enrollment quota. More than 90 percent of the country’s 13,000 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of medical professors on Monday demanded the government scrap a reform plan that increased medical school admission seats, saying it would sit down for talks with the government only if the plan is abolished. The demand by the Medical Professors Association of Korea is expected to complicate [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that older doctors are more likely to support the expansion of medical school admissions quotas, in contrast to their younger counterparts who often oppose the increase due to concerns about job security and competition. The analysis suggests that senior doctors, being in a more stable [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent analysis of the 2024 academic year’s regular admissions by Jongno Academy revealed that over 30% of universities recorded a competition rate of less than 3 to 1, indicating an admissions rate below the required threshold. The study analyzed 188 universities nationwide, finding an average competition rate of 4.67 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Students with a history of school violence will have their disciplinary records reflected when applying for university admission beginning in the 2026 academic year, the university policy recommendation council said Wednesday. The measure was part of the university admission guidelines for students with records of school bullying, unveiled jointly [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean action comedy film “The Roundup: No Way Out” on Saturday became the first movie released in the country this year to surpass 10 million admissions. The third installment of the crime action franchise starring Ma Dong-seok reached the milestone on the 32nd day since its release, [...]