SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Tuesday that South Korea cannot afford to postpone the increase in the medical school enrollment quota due to the shortage of doctors and subsequent problems. Cho made the remarks during a meeting of a medical policy deliberation commission, as the government is pushing to [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and a doctors’ lobby agreed Thursday to begin discussions on increasing the number of medical students starting in 2025, officials said. Officials from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Korean Medical Association (KMA) held a consultative meeting to address various policy issues, including the contentious [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Public interest members of a presidential panel on social dialogue on Tuesday issued written advice calling for increasing quotas at local medical schools starting in 2022. In the controversial recommendation, Seoul National University professor Kim Yoon and five other public interest members of the Economic, Social & Labor Council’s [...]