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The Korean Medical Association (KMA), the nation’s largest coalition of doctors, vowed to stop the government’s plan to increase the number of medical school students starting next year, denouncing it as an “unreasonable” policy.
Tension continued to build on Tuesday between doctors and the government, with a group of over 10,000 junior doctors ending their first discussion on joining the nationwide strike without reaching a conclusion. Instead, they decided to forge an emergency committee in an apparent move to escalate their offensive against a plan to increase the medical school enrollment quota. The Korea Intern Resident Association, cons.
Tension continued to build on Tuesday between doctors and the government, with a group of over 10,000 junior doctors ending their first discussion on joining the nationwide strike without reaching a conclusion. Instead, they decided to forge an emergency committee in an apparent move to escalate their offensive against a plan to increase the medical school enrollment quota. The Korea Intern Resident Association, cons.