SKorea taps foreign doctors amid strike

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SEOUL – South Korea will tap the services of foreign doctors for its hospitals following a grueling selection process, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday, as a monthslong strike by junior medics showed no sign of resolution.

Thousands stopped working on February 20 to protest government plans to train more doctors, causing chaos in hospitals.The government, which has already offered some concessions in a bid to end the standoff, said this week that doctors with foreign medical licenses would be allowed to practice in the country, in a bid to ease service disruptions.

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday that the government will make sure to 'have a thorough safety system to prevent unqualified doctors from treating our people.'The government is locked in a protracted standoff with the junior doctors, who have refused to return to their hospitals, despite the health ministry offering last month to scale back proposed medical training reforms for 2025.

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