<ul style="list-style-type: disc;" data-ke-list-type="disc"><li><a style="color: #404040;" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/" target="_top" class="ke-link">Asia Pacific</a></li></ul><p><span data-ke-size="size20"><b>South Korea's Yoon hints at flexibility in doctors' strike as election looms</b></span></p><p><span data-ke-size="size20"><b><span style="color: #404040;">한국의 윤 대통령, 선거가 다가오면서 의사들의 파업에 유연성을 시사하다</span></b></span></p><p> </p><p><span data-ke-size="size20"><b><span style="color: #404040;">By </span><a style="color: #404040;" href="https://www.reuters.com/authors/hyonhee-shin/" target="_top" class="ke-link">Hyonhee Shin</a></b></span></p><p><span data-ke-size="size20"><b><span>April 2, 2024</span><span>7:06 PM GMT+9</span><span>Updated 14 hours ago</span></b></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div class="figure-img" data-ke-type="image" data-ke-style="alignCenter" data-ke-mobilestyle="widthOrigin"><img src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cafeattach/1PMzA/0798d6590a564c9a3e8982d2eb2bc393623505a0" class="txc-image" width="5871" height="3914" data-img-src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cafeattach/1PMzA/0798d6590a564c9a3e8982d2eb2bc393623505a0" data-origin-width="1280" data-origin-height="853"></div><p><span data-ke-size="size18"><b>A man watches a TV broadcasting a news report on South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's speech on the doctors' strike amid a prolonged standoff between the government and doctors' groups over a plan to increase medical school admissions, in Seoul, South Korea, April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo <a style="color: #000000;" href="https://www.reutersagency.com/en/licensereuterscontent/?utm_medium=rcom-article-media&utm_campaign=rcom-rcp-lead" target="_blank" class="ke-link">Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab</a></b></span></p><p> </p><p><span data-ke-size="size18"><b>SEOUL, April 2 (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol showed the first signs of flexibility in his medical reform plan as a prolonged standoff with doctors is ramping up pressure ahead of next week's parliamentary elections which are expected to be close.</b></span></p><p><span data-ke-size="size18"><b>The <a style="color: #000000;" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/why-south-korean-doctors-government-remain-odds-over-walkout-2024-03-06/" target="_top" class="ke-link">plan</a>, chiefly aimed at boosting medical school admissions by 2,000 from 3,000 starting in 2025, has emerged as a key issue in the elections, in which Yoon's ruling party seeks to recapture a majority in the opposition-controlled parliament.</b></span></p>
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