SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Baemin, the dominant player in South Korea’s food delivery market with over 60% market share, is facing intense scrutiny following its decision to increase service fees. Civic groups and small business associations have accused the company, also known as Woowa Brothers, of engaging in unfair practices. The government’s newly formed [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Tuesday criticized some medical professors for threatening to boycott training programs for junior doctors, calling their move “deeply regrettable.” Cho made the remarks as some medical professors have vowed to boycott training programs for junior doctors in protest of the government’s push for accepting [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hospitals were set to begin hiring about 7,700 trainee doctors on Monday, although medical professors have warned of boycotting their training programs in protest of the government’s push for accepting the resignations of striking trainees. Monthslong standoffs with trainee doctors over the medical school admission quota hikes have shown [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Environmental groups and families of disaster victims gathered on July 17, South Korea’s Constitution Day, to urge the government to guarantee citizens’ right to live in a safe environment. At a press conference held at the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions office in central Seoul, the Climate Crisis Emergency Action [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has referred 18 doctors, medical students and others to the prosecution for a probe into their alleged involvement in drawing up or releasing a list of junior doctors who returned to hospitals following their walkout, the health ministry said Thursday. Last week, a list of junior doctors [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite monthslong efforts by the medical community and the government for a breakthrough, over 10,000 striking trainee doctors were presumed to leave hospitals as they have decided not to withdraw their resignations, the health ministry said Thursday. More than 90 percent of around 13,000 junior doctors walked off their [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Trainee doctors appeared to have shown little signs of returning to work as hospitals were set to complete accepting their resignations on Monday, despite the government’s proposal of an olive branch to end a prolonged walkout. Accepting resignations would help trainee doctors, who have left their worksites since late [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Senior doctors at three major hospitals affiliated with Korea University were set to begin reducing treatment of non-critical patients Friday, joining walkouts by two other major hospitals in support of striking junior doctors. The planned walkout by Korea University’s three hospitals — Anam Hospital, Guro Hosptial and Ansan Hospital [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has notified hospitals that it will reduce next year’s quota of trainee doctors unless they accept their resignations by next week, according to officials and the medical community Tuesday. The move is seen as a measure to put pressure on trainee doctors, who have left their worksites [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is likely to halt the suspension of licenses and other administrative steps against striking trainee doctors in an effort to seek a breakthrough in monthslong medical service disruptions, officials said Monday. Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong is scheduled to hold a press briefing later in the day after [...]