Public medical centers located outside of Seoul are suffering serious shortages of medical professionals due mainly to the lower pay and educational standards experienced further out from the city. According to documents submitted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to Rep. Suh Jung-sook of the ruling People Power Party, 24 out of 35 regional medical centers have failed to meet the necessary quota for doctors as of January this year.
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By Anna J. Park
SK hynix and Samsung Biologics are two local stocks that the National Pension Service (NPS) net purchased the most last year. The NPS is the country s largest institutional investor with around 884 trillion won ($767 billion) in assets under management (AUM) as of the end of April this year.
According to documents released by opposition lawmaker Suh Jung-sook who received related information from the NPS upon request, the public pension fund net purchased 434.2 billion won worth of SK hynix stocks last year, the largest amount spent on net purchasing in local stocks.
Samsung Biologics ranked second among stocks the NPS net purchased the most last year at 388.7 billion won, followed by Kia, Samsung C&T and HYBE Entertainment.