South Korea takes steps to suspend licenses of striking doctors after they refuse to end walkouts
by Hyung-Jin Kim
Mar 04, 2024
2 minutes
South Korea’s government began steps Monday to suspend the medical licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors, days after they missed a government-set deadline to end their joint walkouts, which have severely impacted hospital operations.
Nearly 9,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike for two weeks to protest a government push to sharply increase the number of medical school admissions.
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