Korean doctors face suspensions as Seoul moves to prosecute strike leaders
Thousands of striking junior doctors in South Korea are facing proceedings to suspend their medical licenses as authorities push for police investigations into leaders of the walkouts that have disrupted hospital operations.
Nearly 9,000 of South Korea’s 13,000 medical interns and residents have been refusing to work for the past two weeks to protest a government plan to enroll thousands more students in the country’s medical schools in coming years.
