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South Korea Reverses Plan to Boost Medical School Student Intake
South Korea will scrap plans to increase the number of medical school students on condition that current students who took leave under protest return to their classrooms by the end of March.
South Korea offers to freeze medical student numbers to resolve 13-month dispute
South Korea's education ministry has agreed to freeze the number of new medical students at about 3,000 a year, it said on Friday, in a bid to end a 13-month dispute involving a walkout by trainee doctors and the boycott of classes.
U-turn on medical school quotas leaves students, parents reeling
With only 4 months left until admissions process for 2026 kicks off, uncertainty on med school quota fuels confusion among prospective students South Korea’s recent proposal to conditionally roll back its planned hike and cap next year’s medical school enrollment at 3,
South Korea's Population Crisis Forces School Closures
Nearly 50 schools in South Korea are set to fall victim to the country's low birth rate, the world's lowest. Newsweek reached out to the South Korean embassy in the U.S. with an emailed request for comment outside of working hours. South Korea has the world's lowest fertility rate, with just 0.75 births expected per woman.
Explainer-What is behind South Korea medical student quota dispute
The South Korean government said on Friday it was prepared to freeze the number of new medical students in a bid to resolve a 13-month long dispute involving a walkout by more than 13,000 trainee doctors and medical students boycotting classes.
South Korea prepared to freeze new medical student numbers, minister says
South Korea's education ministry said on Friday it had agreed to freeze the number of new medical students at about 3,000 per year in a bid to
South Korea: Gov’t fixes cap of new medical students to 3,000 per year 13 months after doctors’ walkout
In an attempt to resolve a 13-month disagreement involving trainee doctors' walkouts and course boycotts, South Korea's Education Ministry announced yesterday, Friday, March 7, that it has agreed to cap the number of new medical students at roughly 3,
South Korea Freezes Medical School Admissions Amid Doctor Walkout
South Koreas education ministry has agreed to cap new medical student admissions at 3,000 per year, aiming to end a 13-month standoff with trainee doctors. The freeze is contingent on all striking doctors returning
S. Korea to roll back med school expansion if students return
South Korea’s Ministry of Education announced on March 7 that medical school admissions for the 2026 academic year will remain at 3,058—the pre-expansion level—on the condition that all medical students return to school by the end of March.
Paralysed Korean student blinks his way to academic success
Jang Ik-sun, 37, earned a master’s degree in South Korea by typing tens of thousands of words – one blink at a time.
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South Korean student with paralysis and muscular dystrophy earns master’s degree using just eye blinks
Jang Ik-sun, a 37-year-old student from South Korea, has achieved an extraordinary academic milestone despite living with muscular dystrophy, a condition that has left him almost entirely ...
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The South Korean government said on Friday it was prepared to freeze the number of new medical students in a bid to resolve a 13-month long dispute involving a walkout by more than 13,000 ...