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As of March 7th, nearly 12,000 young doctors — 93% of the total across the country — had left their workplaces, according to the latest government estimate. The right to strike is recognized as a fundamental human right by the United Nations. Strikes by doctors are, however, complicated by their pro
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Balsam Al-Hadithi Junior Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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The views of the government and the medical society have conflicted for many years on policies influencing the medical sector, but never before have the conflicts escalated to such a mass walkout by doctors. Reports of the unfolding events may imply that the opposition to the “Essential Healthcare P
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Hae-Rim Kim Senior Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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The recent move of the South Korean government to gradually increase the quota of medical school admissions has thus far been met with a mix of support and disapproval. This is spurred by recent cases of critical patients in rural areas being denied services in hospitals due to a lack of personnel.
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Sean Tristan De Guzman Senior Staff Reporter
2023.12.19 00:37
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Medical schools hold a seemingly aristocratic status in South Korea. Exceptional, distinguished, elite — these are only some of the words that describe the dream of many parents and students in the country. Since 2006, 3,058 aspiring doctors have been entering this prestigious fortress every year.Wi
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Kyu-Ri Kim Head of Society Division
2023.12.19 00:37
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Over the last few years, the concept of "Influencer Boxing" has been gaining immense popularity and consequently raked in significant profits. While one cannot deny the importance of a substantial audience for any non-paid-labor-based industry, the emphasis being put on money upends the essence of s
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Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2023.11.19 16:39
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When I was younger, just the name “Manny Pacquiao” could bring my entire country to a standstill. A Filipino boxer who is the only eight-division world champion in the history of the sport, whenever Pacquiao had a match — especially if it was against fellow big names such as Mayweather, Marquez, or
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Cris Jericho Goh Cruz Senior Staff Reporter
2023.11.19 16:39
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The arguments for the installation of surveillance cameras in surgery rooms cannot be marked as "invalid" nor as "unprecedented". There have been numerous cases of patient abuse, unlicensed surgeries, data leaks, and controversies regarding faults of the operating surgeon disguised and hidden, all o
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Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 21:19
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The revision of the Medical Service Act in South Korea finally started taking effect after the two-year grace period, making surveillance in operating rooms an obligation. All surgery rooms that operate on unconscious patients now have to install surveillance cameras and provide footage upon patient
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Kyu-Ri Kim Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 16:37
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The recent series of teacher suicides is a new chapter in South Korea’s discussion on the education system. The initial shockwave hit with the death of the 24-year-old teacher at Seoul Seo2 Elementary School, who was subject to long-term parent bullying. Though the extent varied, many public school
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Kyu-Ri Kim Staff Reporter
2023.09.25 16:42
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South Korean teachers are in the middle of a wide protest, sparked by the slew of unfortunate suicides of school teachers over the last few weeks. Teachers have been reporting incidents of receiving late-night calls and complaints from parents regarding their manner of disciplining students over una
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Sean Tristan De Guzman Senior Staff Reporter
2023.09.25 16:42
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For far too long, the stories of minorities have been ignored, nor did they get the chance to see a character on the big screen that looks like them. Fortunately, the recent years saw the film industry put a stronger emphasis on representation. Within the past decade, we received Black Panther, the
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Benedict Fabia Head of Society Division
2023.06.12 07:05
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The modern era is seeing an unprecedented volume of political debates and cultural wars that have deemed practices that were previously prevalent unacceptable, opening opportunities to groups of people that were previously neglected. At first glance, this seems to tell us that we’re advancing in a p
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Kyu-Ri Kim Staff Reporter
2023.06.12 07:05
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Following the rise of Korea’s popularity on the international stage with the likes of K-pop and K-dramas becoming household words, Hallyu, or the Korean Wave has led to Korea quickly rising as a desirable country for foreigners to travel to. Inevitably, this has simultaneously led to many coming to
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Jun Seong Kim Staff Reporter
2023.05.21 16:23
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Language education has always been a part of a comprehensive teaching curriculum. In most parts of the world, proficiency in a second language, most commonly English, is even considered as a prerequisite for social status and future success. South Korea is no exception — in addition to being taught
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Fuad Samadov Staff Reporter
2023.05.21 16:23
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In mid-March, Chun Woo-won, the grandson of the late former president Chun Doo-hwan, uploaded a series of whistleblowing posts on his Instagram. He called his grandfather a “slaughterer” and claimed that his family, including his parents, committed a series of crimes, such as accumulating slush fund
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Kyu-Ri Kim Staff Reporter
2023.04.14 02:19
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Dictators have plagued the entirety of human history. No matter the era, there has always been someone whose overwhelming greed for power dwarfed any humanity they had left in them. Entire nations were plundered, societies have been stunted, and millions of people and their descendants have suffered
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Benedict Fabia Head of Society Division
2023.04.14 02:19
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Throughout history, only a handful of inventions truly changed the world. Similar to how the printing press accelerated the Renaissance and how the steam engine brought about the industrial revolution, AI has arrived to define a new era of humanity. Despite contentions against AI, the fact of the ma
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Benedict Fabia Head of Society Division
2023.03.27 00:02
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AI has seen a lot of media coverage over the past decade. We’re at the point in history where the proliferation of AI is mostly regarded as a positive series of events; with the help of AI, we travel in self-driving cars, do our work more productively, and even get some sort of entertainment. Nevert
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Fuad Samadov Staff Reporter
2023.03.26 23:08
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Countries are often classified by their "population growth rates". Interestingly, what seems to be an underlying correlation — and perhaps cause — is its connection to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) and general wealth. At first glance, third world countries seem to have the most rapidly
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Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2022.12.08 13:46
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On November 15, the world’s population surpassed the 8 billion milestone according to the United Nations. Though we may briefly acknowledge, celebrate even, such an achievement, an ever-increasing population brings with it its own slew of significant problems. In lieu of these issues, finding soluti
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Jun Seong Kim Staff Reporter
2022.12.08 13:46