Posted 4/1/2024, 9:26:06 AM
Yoon Stands Firm on Increasing Medical School Admissions Despite Doctors' Strike
- South Korean President Yoon vows not to back down on plan to increase medical school admissions, calling doctors' strike "illegal" and a "grave threat"
- Government wants to add 2,000 medical students per year to address doctor shortage, but doctors worry it will lower incomes
- Public supports government plan, but drawn-out standoff threatens to hurt ruling party in elections
- Yoon says doctor-to-patient ratio is too low in South Korea and increasing doctors is urgently needed
- Doctors' leader threatens "all-out fight" if government punishes striking doctors, remains far apart on resolving dispute