[News Focus] Doctors vote to go on strike next Monday
Social affairsMar 2, 2014
Tens of thousands of doctors are set to launch a general strike next Monday in protest of government policies that would introduce telemedicine and for-profit operations but would not raise medical charges. The Korean Medical Association, which represents more than two-thirds of the nation’s medical doctors, said on Saturday its members overwhelmingly approved the first industrial action in 14 years.Nearly 70 percent of its 70,000 members participated in the eight-day vote that ended Feb. 28. Th