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Doctors in South Korea Return to Work After 18-Month Walkout
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Following an 18-month strike over medical reforms, South Korean doctors are returning to work. The dispute involved increased medical school admissions and concerns over working conditions. Negotiations are ongoing.

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Doctors in South Korea Return to Work After 18-Month Walkout

By Jin Yu Young

Sept. 1, 2025Updated 3:01 a.m. ET

An 18-month doctors’ walkout that roiled South Korea’s health-care system began winding down on Monday, as two physicians’ groups said that interns and residents started returning to work at some university and private hospitals.

More than 10,000 young doctors — interns and residents — walked out last February after South Korea’s president at the time, Yoon Suk Yeol, proposed to dramatically alter the nation’s medical care landscape. Thousands of medical students also joined in and stopped going to class.

The biggest point of contention was Mr. Yoon’s plan to increase medical school admissions by around 65 percent for the next five years. Doctors argued that the move would diminish the quality of health care without solving ongoing issues in the industry. Mr. Yoon’s government, they said, failed to address inequalities in the profession that translated to some emergency c...

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