"South Korea's Yoon Stands Firm Amid Doctors' Strike Over Medical School Plan"

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is open to talks with doctors opposing his plan to increase medical school admissions, apologizing for the inconvenience caused by the ongoing strike by trainee doctors while accusing the medical sector of prioritizing their own interests over public health. More than 90% of the country's 13,000 trainee doctors have been staging walkouts since Feb. 20 in protest against the government's plan to boost medical school admissions by 2,000 starting in 2025 from 3,000 now, as South Korea faces a shortage of doctors. Yoon refuted claims by doctors' groups and highlighted the necessity of medical reform, urging them to propose a unified idea with solid scientific evidence for a compromise.