South Korean Medical Students and Trainee Doctors Unite in Protest Against Government Policies

Approximately 280 medical students at Ewha Womans University in Seoul submitted a collective leave of absence petition in opposition to the government's proposed expansion of medical school admissions. This action, a first among major Seoul universities, was not processed through the official university procedure but is being recognized as a collective expression of the students' desire to take a leave of absence. This move follows a wave of resignations by medical residents and the intention of the Korean Medical University and Graduate Medical School Student Association to submit a similar report.