South Korea: Striking trainee doctors face prosecution

The government in South Korea on Thursday made a last-ditch appeal to striking doctors to end their mass walkout, or face having their medical licenses suspended and prosecution.

Thousands of resident and intern doctors have walked off the job for the past 10 days in protest over government plans to raise the number of students enrolling at medical school by 2,000 each year.

They argue that the government should first address pay and working conditions before attempting to raise the…