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On 20 February 2024, around 9,000 trainee doctors walked out in response to the government's plans to increase medical school admissions, causing disruption and delays to surgeries at major teaching hospitals.
On 4 March, the South Korean government said it will take steps to suspend the licences of trainee doctors who have failed to return to work after the government-imposed deadline on 29 February. South Korea's health minister Cho Kyoo-hong has also said that authorities will start to visit hospitals to take legal action against doctors who have not yet returned to work.