The Korea Medical Association announced that thousands of Korean medical students will return to class after 17 months of long boycott.
Training doctors argued that they would lower the quality of education they received in opposition to the government’s plan to increase the admission of medical schools.
The association did not provide their return timeline, but the group urged the government to restore the study schedule and improve the training conditions.
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok welcomed the end of the boycott and described it as “big development.”
“Now it’s time to look deeper the medical field, parliament and government so that citizens can help solve the problem.”
The Korea Medical Association said in a reported statement published in collaboration with the Congress and other lobby organizations, “We will try to return to school to return to school with trust in the government and parliament.”
The government has increased the annual admission from 3,000 to about 5,000 medical students, and said more employees are needed to meet demand.
It returned to the plan in March 2025.
Yonhap News Agency reported that 8,305 students would be held, and according to the Ministry of Education, the same grade should be repeated.
