South Korea's trainee doctors continue walkout over pay, hours

Many quit as Yoon pushes plan to train more physicians to ease shortage

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Doctors protest outside the office of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Feb. 22, complaining of low pay and poor working conditions. (Photo by Ahn Seong-bok)

STEVEN BOROWIEC, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- Na submitted her resignation a week ago to the Seoul hospital where she worked as a trainee pathologist, walking away from her dream of practicing medicine to protest what she sees as an unwise government plan for South Korean health care.

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