Number of foreign doctors in South Korea on rise amid medical walkout

As resident doctors continue to refuse returning to work in protest of medical school quota increases, medical staff and patients are seen moving through a major hospital in Seoul on Aug 6, 2024. – The Korea Herald

SEOUL: The number of foreign medical doctors in South Korea has been on a steady increase, data showed Saturday (Aug 10), amid a prolonged walkout by doctors and trainee doctors here over a government-proposed spike in the medical school quota.

The report comes amid plans by the health ministry to allow foreign medical doctors to practice medicine in the country when needed, even before they obtain local licenses.