SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — In a move that has been hailed as historic by some and met with apprehension by others, South Korea’s National Assembly passed a new nursing law on August 28, ending a 19-year wait for legislation specifically governing the nursing profession. The law, which is set to take effect within nine [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In a powerful display of their demands, around 20,000 nurses (according to organizers) gathered in front of the National Assembly in Seoul on May 23, raising their voices for the enactment of a separate nursing law. After resident doctors left hospitals in protest of the government’s plan to increase medical [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Medical Association (KMA), South Korea’s largest association of doctors, on Saturday announced plans for a general strike in response to the potential passage of the Nursing Act and the Medical Law revision during the plenary session of the National Assembly. The Nursing Act expands nurses’ scope of [...]