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Standoff continues as faculty resign at Korea s big 5 hospitals, prompting calls for compromise

Some within the ruling party have called on the administration to go further than dialogue and to hold renewed discussions on the 2,000-student figure

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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head

The Korean Medical Association, a group that represents some 140,000 doctors, said it has picked a pediatrician, known as a hardliner toward the government’s policy, as the group’s new head, dampening hopes for a dialogue to resolve the prolonged medical standoff. Having been elected, the new KMA head Lim Hyun-taek demanded President Yoon Suk Yeol apologize for pushing ahead with the medical student quota.

Yoon suk yeolKorean medical associationSecond vice healthKorean pediatric associationLim hyun taekPresident yoon suk yeolVice health minister park min soo

New hard-liner KMA chief demands apology from Yoon, health minister s dismissal

The election of Lim Hyun-taek to the head of the Korean Medical Association is likely to embolden physicians in their protest of government policies aimed at increasing the number of doctors in Korea

Cho kyoo hongYoon suk yeolMinistry of healthKorean medical associationSeoul national university bundang hospitalCorruption investigation office for officialsKorean pediatric associationLim hyun taekJoo soo hoPresident yoon suk yeolSeoul national university bundangPark min sooCentral disasterSafety countermeasure headquartersWelfare cho kyoo hongCorruption investigation office

Hopes for dialogue fade as doctors pick hardliner as new head

The Korean Medical Association, a group that represents some 140,000 doctors, said it has picked a pediatrician, known as a hardliner toward the government’s policy, as the group’s new head, dampening hopes for a dialogue to resolve the prolonged medical standoff. Having been elected, the new KMA head Lim Hyun-taek demanded President Yoon Suk Yeol apologize for pushing ahead with the medical student quota.

Yoon suk yeolSecond vice healthKorean medical associationKorean pediatric associationLim hyun taekPresident yoon suk yeolVice health minister park min soo

New chief of doctors group expected to step up protest against gov t

New chief of doctors group expected to step up protest against gov t
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