South Korean Senior Doctors Join Junior Doctors' Strike
Senior doctors at dozens of hospitals in South Korea plan to resign in support of medical interns and residents who have been on strike for five weeks over the government's plan to increase medical school admissions. The strike has caused hundreds of cancelled surgeries and treatments, and the government is threatening to suspend the licenses of the striking doctors. The government argues that more doctors are urgently needed due to the country's rapidly aging population, while the striking doctors believe the plan would overwhelm the medical system and lead to unnecessary treatments. President Yoon Suk Yeol has called for talks with the doctors, but a resolution remains uncertain.
- South Korean Senior Doctors to Resign in Support of Striking Junior Doctors TIME
- Senior doctors in South Korea to submit resignations, deepening dispute over medical school plan The Associated Press
- South Korea's medical professors join protests, reduce hours in practice Reuters
- South Korea doctors’ strike widens as medical professors join protests The Guardian
- South Korea will take final steps to suspend licenses of striking junior doctors starting next week The San Diego Union-Tribune
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