South Korea ready to revise contentious medical school admissions plan, officials say

South Korea is one of the country’s fastest ageing societies. Medical schools finalized their entrance quotas for 2025 earlier this year, which was up almost 1,500 compared to the previous time.

More than half of those polled aid increasing medical college admissions in 2025, according to a Gallup Korea surveys released on Friday.

However, 65 % of respondents claimed that Yoon Suk Yeol’s disapproval rating was 67 % and that the government was taking aback about the situation.

The health department earlier this month stated that it would use defense physicians to address the health staff shortage, but it objected to some doctors ‘ claims that the system was about to collapse. &nbsp,