Thousands of Medical Medical students are scheduled to return to classes after being announced in a 17-month Boycott, announced by Korea Medical Association.
Trainee doctors walk to disobey government plans to increase medical school admissions, which argue to lower the quality of education they receive.
There is no timeline for their returns provided by the association, but the group urges the government to return the academic calendar and improve training conditions.
Prime Minister Kim Min-Seok welcomes the end of the boycott, which describes it as a “great step forward”.
“It’s time to take a deep view in the field of medicine, Congress, and the government, so that the citizens help solve problems,” he wrote to a Facebook statement.
Korean Medical Association says “We will put our government trust and parliament and commitment to medical education and a reported system released by the Parliaments’ education committee.
The government wants to increase the annual admission of medical students in universities from about 3,000 to about 5,000, saying more staff.
It returned to its plan on March 2025.
Yonahaw News reports that 8,305 students will be subject to maintenance of grade, which they require revision of the same academic year, according to the Ministry of Education.
