SEOUL -- South Korea's president on Monday refused to budge from his plan to annually increase by 2,000 the number of medical students in the country, signaling a continuation of a standoff with doctors that has dragged on for more than a month and disrupted the nation's healthcare system.
Speaking during a televised national address, President Yoon Suk Yeol said the figure of 2,000 more doctors per year is the "minimum" South Korea needs to prevent crippling shortages of physicians and meet medical challenges posed by its aging society.
