SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The resignation rate among resident physicians in South Korea has surged to 73% in just over a month, according to recent data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare. This dramatic increase highlights the escalating tension in the country’s healthcare sector, with certain specialties experiencing even higher rates of attrition. [...]
ULLEUNG, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A local government overseeing Dokdo has been struggling to cope with the prolonged absence of its sole registered resident on the easternmost South Korean islets, officials said Wednesday. Dokdo, located just 90 kilometers east of the East Sea island of Ulleung, has been under effective control of South Korea [...]
ULLEUNG, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — An elderly woman who is the sole registered resident of South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo returned to her home this week after nearly two years of living on the mainland, local officials said Wednesday. The homecoming by Kim Shin-yeol, 81, came amid a bitter feud over trade and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost half of all doctors in South Korea were found to be suffering from traumatic disorders due to the excessive amount of stress they typically receive from overwork and a lack of sleep during their residency years. InterMD, an information sharing platform for doctors, conducted an online survey of [...]
DAEGU, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The only remaining resident on Dokdo, South Korea’s easternmost islets, died on Sunday. Kim Sung-do, 79, passed away at a Seoul hospital having suffered from liver cancer since September, according to the North Gyeongsang provincial government, which administers the islets. He will be laid to rest at the national [...]