Senior doctors rally to support junior officers on strike

Thousands of senior doctors rallied in Seoul to express their support for junior doctors who have been on strike for nearly two weeks over a government plan to sharply increase the number of medical school admissions.

The rally came as the government said it would begin to take steps today to suspend the medical licences of nearly 9,000 medical interns and residents for defying government orders to end their walkouts, which have disrupted hospital operations.