SEOUL, Many health service consumers welcomed Tuesday’s government decision to drastically increase the medical school enrollment quota, saying it will improve access to doctors, but others voiced skepticism that it could erode the quality of medical…
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Nat’l security adviser met with Russian deputy FM during Seoul visit: sources
SEOUL, National Security Adviser Chang Ho-jin met with Russia Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko when he visited Seoul last week, sources said Tuesday, amid heightened tensions between Seoul and Moscow over North Korea.
The meeting took place on…
Yoon’s interview with KBS to air as 100-minute mini documentary
SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol’s interview with KBS will air at 10 p.m. Wednesday in the form of a 100-minute mini documentary featuring close-up views of the inside of the presidential office, officials said.
The interview, which is intended to mar…
Doctors warn of nationwide strike against envisioned medical school quota hike
SEOUL, The doctors’ association vowed Tuesday to launch a nationwide strike if the government “unilaterally” pushes for raising the medial school enrollment quota.
The health ministry is widely expected to announce a plan later in the day to increas…
Yoon says 450,000 people to be granted special Lunar New Year pardons
SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday more than 450,000 people will be granted special pardons on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, including five businesspeople and seven politicians.
Yoon did not name the beneficiaries, saying only that th…
One dead, six hospitalized while cleaning wastewater tank at Hyundai Steel plant in Incheon
INCHEON, One worker died and six others were hospitalized after they collapsed while cleaning a wastewater treatment tank at a Hyundai Steel factory in Incheon, police said Tuesday.
The workers were removing hydrofluoric and nitric acid sludge from …
Professor faces probe over alleged defamation of ‘comfort women’
SEOUL, A professor is facing a prosecution probe on charges of defaming Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery by calling them prostitutes during a lecture, police said Tuesday.
The Seoul Dongdaemun Police Station said it referred Choi Jun…
DP maintains controversial system of allocating proportional seats in April elections
SEOUL, The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) officially decided Tuesday to maintain the current system of allocating proportional seats in the upcoming April 10 parliamentary elections, triggering criticism that it is an attempt to exploit the sy…
PPP to expand free lunch at senior citizen centers, home health care service
SEOUL, The ruling People Power Party (PPP) said Tuesday it will expand free lunch programs for old people at senior citizen centers and medical treatment services at their homes.
The PPP unveiled the campaign pledge ahead of the April 10 parliamenta…
Kakao Pay shifts to loss in 2023
SEOUL, Kakao Pay Corp. on Tuesday reported its 2023 net loss of 25.2 billion won (US$19 million), swinging from a profit of 26.8 billion won a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it continued to post an operating loss of 56.6 …