South Korea Faces Healthcare Crisis as Doctors Strike Escalates

Senior doctors at major hospitals threaten mass resignations in support of striking junior doctors, deepening the healthcare standoff.

About 12,000 junior doctors in South Korea have been off the job for a month, protesting a government plan to increase medical school admissions.
Senior doctors at Seoul National University Hospital and others may resign en masse if the government doesn't address the dispute by early next week.
The government has begun steps to suspend the licenses of striking doctors, with no suspensions reported completed yet.
The strike has caused numerous canceled surgeries and other treatments, burdening South Korea's medical service.
The government's plan aims to address a doctor shortage and the country's rapidly aging society, but doctors fear it will lower the quality of medical services.