Yoon Administration Asking Korean Doctors Alternative to Increasing Medical School Quota
Is this posturing or this a sign of breaking of will within the Yoon the administration against the striking Korean doctors:
Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Sunday that the government could revisit its medical school admission quota plan for 2026 if the medical community offers a rational alternative.
In an interview with KBS, Cho said, “For 2026, if the medical community presents a reasonable alternative, we can review the admissions numbers with a fresh perspective.”
“The government has proposed an increase of 2,000, but since the medical community has criticized this as unscientific and lacking evidence, we are asking what they believe would be a scientifically based and well-founded admission number,” Cho added.
You can read more at the link, but at this point President Yoon might as well stick this out and make increasing the number of doctors in Korea part of his lasting legacy even though his poll numbers are getting burned by it now.
