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Striking doctors in South Korea defy deadline to return to work

South Korean doctors shout slogans in a meeting ahead of a rally in front of the Presidential Office, to protest against the government's medical policy in Seoul, South Korea, February 25, 2024 [Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters]

Thousands of South Korean trainee doctors who staged a mass walkout over healthcare reforms have refused to return to work, in defiance of a government deadline to end the strike or face legal action.

Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday – the day of the deadline – that most of the young doctors protesting against the government’s push to boost medical school enrollments “showed little sign” of returning to their hospitals.

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