Hundreds of South Korean doctors protested in Seoul and other cities against the government's plan to increase the number of medical students by 2,000 from 2025. Doctors say that the steep increase is ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Korean doctors rallied in the capital, Seoul, and other cities on Thursday against a government plan to boost the number of medical students. Doctors’ ...

SEOUL, July 12 (Reuters) - South Korean medical students who walked out of school last year in protest at a government plan to increase medical school admissions said on Saturday that they would ...

Medical schools across Korea decided to issue failure notices to students who have boycotted classes since the start of the spring semester, pushing the standoff between the medical community and the ...

SEOUL, March 7 (Reuters) - South Korea's education ministry has agreed to freeze the number of new medical students at about 3,000 a year, it said on Friday, in a bid to end a 13-month dispute ...

South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok welcomed the decision by medical students to return to school, bringing an end to a 17-month boycott of classes in protest against the previous ...

A South Korean plan to greatly increase medical school seats has helped prompt more top students to enroll for exam-prep studies to become doctors — over the once sure-fire bet of trying to become ...