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- A medical worker walks to enter Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. South Korea’s government made a last appeal to junior doctors to end a walkout, with hours left to go before the Thursday deadline on its threats to suspend medical licenses and prosecute the strikers. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Young South Korean doctors resist back-to-work orders, risking prosecution
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND JIWON SONG - Associated Press
Wed,02/28/24-11:29PM , 224 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As South Korea’s government made a last plea for junior doctors to end a walkout hours before a
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- Members of The Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union stage a rally to demand expansion of public hospitals and medical students at the Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Here's why thousands of junior doctors in South Korea walked off the job
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND JIWON SONG - Associated Press
Tue,02/27/24-4:48AM , 351 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of junior doctors in South Korea have been refusing to see patients and attend surgeries since they walked off the job Feb.
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- In this photo provided on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, with his daughter visits a newly-built chicken farm in Hwangju County of North Hwanghae Province on Jan. 7, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
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North Korea's Kim turns 40. But there are no public celebrations of his birthday
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND JIWON SONG - Associated Press
Mon,01/08/24-4:57AM , 202 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un turned 40 on Monday with no announced public celebrations at home, after he entered the new year with artillery barrages into the sea and vows to expand his nuclear
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- In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korea's tank fires during a fire exercises at the Northwest Islands area in South Korea, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)
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Rival Koreas conduct provocative drills along their tense sea boundary, escalating animosities
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND JIWON SONG - Associated Press
Thu,01/04/24-8:36PM , 113 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The rival Koreas fired artillery rounds into the sea as part of provocative drills along their disputed sea boundary Friday, in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean agreement, and threatened strong responses against each other if provoked.
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