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Exhausted Professors Bear the Brunt as Resident Doctors’ Strike Continues in South Korea

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 [...]

Government Indicates Unlikelihood of Nationwide Doctors’ Strike Despite Escalating Grievances

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A nationwide strike by doctors is unlikely to be realized, the health ministry said Thursday, though trainee doctors and medical school students have moved to take collective action against medical school enrollment quota hikes. Doctors have warned of a massive strike and other responses in opposition to the government’s [...]