SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of more than 90 patient advocacy groups staged a rally in central Seoul on Thursday, calling for doctors to end the ongoing walkout that has disrupted public health services for nearly five months. The protest, including members from the Korea Alliance of Patients Organization and the Korean Organization [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical professors at three Korea University-affiliated hospitals vowed Monday to start an indefinite voluntary walkout later this month, amid a prolonged standoff between doctors and the government over its medical reform plan. The emergency committee of the professors serving as senior doctors at the university announced the walkout starting [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical professors serving as senior doctors at three major hospitals of Yonsei University were set to launch an indefinite walkout Thursday as little progress has been made in efforts to resolve a monthslong conflict over a medical reform plan. Professors at Severance Hospital, Gangnam Severance Hospital and Yongin Severance [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Doctors at four major hospitals affiliated with Seoul National University (SNU) are set to stage a walkout from June 17, according to hospital officials on Friday, in a move that would complicate efforts by the government to resolve a protracted walkout by trainee doctors. Medical professors at the four [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 86 percent of South Koreans believe junior doctors, who have been on a walkout since late February, should return to hospitals, a poll showed Monday, reflecting growing public fatigue over the ongoing disruptions in medical services. According to the poll conducted by the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry said Friday it will send more than 2,700 additional physician assistant (PA) nurses to hospitals to minimize medical system disruptions amid a prolonged walkout by trainee doctors. More than 90 percent of South Korea’s 13,000 trainee doctors have walked off the job in protest since Feb. [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized delivery workers have voted to go on strike in protest against a ban on ground-floor parking at a mega apartment complex in eastern Seoul, their union said Friday. Approximately 6,000 workers voted the previous day, and 77 percent approved a walkout, the union, associated with the Korean Confederation [...]
ULSAN, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor and affiliated Kia Motors staged a partial strike on Thursday in protest of Hyundai’s possible involvement in the Gwangju job project initiated to create thousands of new low-paying jobs to help fight unemployment in provincial areas. About 80,000 Hyundai and Kia workers — 51,000 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 130 scheduled flights with South Korea’s largest flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. will be cancelled due to a walkout by unionized pilots, the transportation ministry said Wednesday. Unionized workers of Korean Air earlier said they will stage a 10-day walkout from Thursday. The scheduled strike follows [...]
ULSAN, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionists of Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday they will not stage a walkout this week, although their senior members will continue protesting against the management over wage deals. The unionized workers at South Korea’s top automaker said they will not lay down their tools until next Tuesday. However, they [...]