ABOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT: A US carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt staged a three-day joint exercise with Japan and South Korea as US President Joe Biden met with leaders from Japan and the Philippines.
SEOUL: South Korea s health minister on Tuesday warned of a threat to the lives of patients after medical professors said they might join striking junior doctors in a three-weeklong standoff that has plunged the East Asian country s health care sector into chaos.
SEOUL: South Korea s government made a last appeal to junior doctors to end their walkout, with hours left to go before the Thursday deadline, on its threats to suspend medical licenses and prosecute the strikers.
SEOUL: South Korea s birth rate fell to a record low last year, its government said on Wednesday, despite having poured billions of dollars into efforts to encourage women to have more children and maintain population stability.
SEOUL: South Korea granted nurses new powers and legal protections on Tuesday and began an investigation into a patient s death, as hospital chaos caused by the trainee doctors strike entered a second week.