South Korea: government opens door to dialogue with doctors as elections approach. A turnaround which comes as a controversy grows around the death of several patients due to the lack of doctors in hospitals.
Long uncompromising on the need to increase the number of medical students by 2,000 next year, President Yoon Suk-yeol already showed signs of relaxation last week. He had met with one of the leaders of the intern movement calling for more reasonable demands from them. Negotiations must begin after the election, but the government wants to show that it is looking for a positive outcome.