South Korean trainee doctors walk off job over medical student increase

Health authorities scrambling to prevent major disruptions to services

STEVEN BOROWIEC, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- South Korea was bracing for possible disruptions to health care on Tuesday as hundreds of trainee doctors walked off the job to protest a government plan to increase the number of spots at medical schools.

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