South Korea said on Monday it would drop a plan to suspend the licenses of striking trainee doctors, offering a concession to end a months-long walkout prompted by the government's decision to increase medical school admissions.

South Korea drops plan to suspend licenses of striking doctors

Medical professors in South Korea on Monday (Mar 25) announced that they would reduce their practice hours in solidarity with trainee doctors who have been on strike for over a month.

South Korean medical professors join trainee doctors' strike against government plan

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed on Wednesday (Mar 6) that he would not tolerate the ongoing strikes by thousands of junior doctors. President Yoon addressed a Cabinet meeting where he called the walkouts "an illegal collective action" that threatens public health and shakes the country’s governing systems.

South Korea doctors' strike: Will not tolerate walkouts, vows President Yoon

South Korea's Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong, announced on Monday (Mar 4) that authorities would begin inspecting hospitals to take legal action against trainee doctors who have persisted in a walkout against government plans to increase medical school admissions even after the Feb 29 deadline.

South Korea threatens legal action against doctors protesting medical reforms

South Korea's Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo said on Thursday (Feb 29) that the government was seeking to hold its first talks with striking doctors as a deadline loomed for them to return to work or risk prosecution.

Striking South Korean doctors face threat of licence cancellation amid prospects of talks

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South Korea drops plan to suspend licenses of striking doctors

South Korean medical professors join trainee doctors' strike against government plan

South Korea doctors' strike: Will not tolerate walkouts, vows President Yoon

South Korea threatens legal action against doctors protesting medical reforms

Striking South Korean doctors face threat of licence cancellation amid prospects of talks