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Mar 05, 2024
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By: Shim Jae Hoon

Does South Korea need to train more physicians? Absolutely, according to President Yoon Suk Yul’s government, so much so that beginning 2025, he is ordering universities to train an additional quota of 2,000 more potential doctors per annum – a 65 percent increase over the present quota – in the next five years.

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