Voters are prohibited from bringing leeks into polling stations during the general elections, as the nation s election watchdog perceived the act as politically motivated and may constitute a violation of the Public Official Election Act.
The health ministry said Thursday the government has extended the deployment of public health doctors and military surgeons at hospitals hit by the prolonged walkout of junior doct.
President Yoon Suk Yeol met Park Dan, head of the Korean Intern Resident Association (KIRA), Thursday, to explore ways to address the months-long walkout by junior doctors in protest against the government s push to increase the number of medical students.
The leader of a trainee doctors group said Thursday there is no future for South Korea s medical community after his meeting with President Yoon Suk Yeol over the government s push to increase medical school admissions.