President Yoon Suk Yeol criticized the ongoing strikes by junior doctors as illegal collective action endangering public health. The government moved to suspend the licenses of approximately 9,000 ...
Seeing a doctor is easy. The mortality rate from preventable illnesses is low. And though most hospitals and clinics are privately run, a nationalized single-payer health insurance program keeps costs ...
A walk-out by South Korean doctors has hobbled the country's medical system. Most of them have defied a government ultimatum to return to work by Thursday. In recent days, South Korea's highly ...
SEOUL, South KoreaSEOUL, South Korea — Desperate to end a weeks-long strike by thousands of doctors, South Korea’s government said Friday it will slow down a plan to admit more students to the country ...
Opening Shot: A look at the Seoul skyline as a patient is airlifted to a major hospital. The Gist: Dr. Oh Yi-young (Go Youn-jung) receives the patient, and her attending physician tells her that ...