Three weeks after the start of the doctors' strike in South Korea, the government is implementing its threats against the strikers. The strikers risk a one-year deregistration, three years in prison or a 20,000 euro fine for not returning to work.
Hospital directors have called for an end to the movement and medical schools have announced that they are in favor of the government's reform. The government is playing for time and has announced that it does not wish to negotiate. Despite these sanctions, medical interns wish to continue their movement and denounce methods unworthy of a democracy.