S. Korean PM Lauds Medical Students' Move to End Walkout

South Korea's Prime Minister Kim Min-seok on July 13 described the decision of the country's medical students to return to school, after more than a year of boycotting classes, as a "big step forward" and a "relief".

- Gabrielle Andres

Medical students had walked out of school in February 2024 to protest against a plan to increase medical school admissions.

Trainee doctors had argued that this plan would lower the quality of medical education, and said more reform was needed to attract doctors into essential care such as emergency or pediatrics instead.