The Korean government on Thursday broke its silence on its medical student quota expansion plan after over a week of maintaining a low profile following the ruling party's major election defeat, stoking hopes that it could possibly end the monthslong tug-of-war with the medical circle. The government announced plans to resume Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters meetings involving officials f.
The two-month medical standoff between the Yoon Suk Yeol administration and medical circles will likely enter its second stage, amid no signs of initiating talks over the government s medical school admission plan and the looming medical crisis following defiant doctors mass resignations. The ruling bloc s crushing defeat in Wednesday s general election was a testament that voters "had brought judgment" to.
The medical community appears to be facing a rift over coming up with a unified proposal for the expansion plan a day after the government requested it, as it seeks a breakthrough in the prolonged medical standoff through dialogue. Lim Hyun-taek, the newly appointed president of the Korean Medical Association the largest coalition of doctors’ groups here, with some 140,000 members demanded Kim Taek-woo, t.
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The government and doctors are signaling apparent willingness to move toward negotiations to find a breakthrough in their protracted confrontation over the policy to raise the number of medical students by 2,000 next year.