South Korea will take final steps to suspend licenses of striking junior doctors starting next week

Published March 20, 2024 9:00 PM

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government says it will take final steps to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors next week. Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo made the comments during a briefing Thursday as he repeated demands for the doctors to return to work immediately. About more than 90% of the country’s 13,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike for about a month to protest the government’s plan to sharply increase medical school admissions. Their strikes have caused hundreds of cancelled surgeries and other treatments at hospitals.

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