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Top Hospitals Report Scarcity of Applicants for Training Programs

SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Major hospitals have received few or no applications for trainee doctor programs starting in September, medical sources said Wednesday, casting uncertainty over the government’s efforts to normalize the monthslong medical disruptions. Local hospitals, which recently processed resignations from thousands of trainee doctors protesting the medical school quota hike, were [...]

Military Medical System in Need of Reform

SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite about 10 years having passed since a soldier died at an army training center due to a delay in treatment of cerebral meningitis in 2011, South Korea still appears to have a long way to go to improve its military medical system. According to a report released by [...]