South Korea: Government will suspend licenses of striking doctors from next week

South Korea: Government will suspend licenses of striking doctors from next week

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government will take final steps to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors next week as they refuse to end their weekslong walkouts that have burdened the country’s medical services, officials said Thursday. More than 90% of the country’s 13,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike … Read more

South Korea doctors’ strike: Hours left before return-to-work deadline ends

South Korea doctors’ strike: Hours left before return-to-work deadline ends

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government made a last appeal to junior doctors to end a walkout, with hours left to go before the Thursday deadline on its threats to suspend medical licenses and prosecute the strikers. Thousands of medical interns and residents have been on strike for about 10 days to protest … Read more

North Korea fires several cruise missiles, South Korea says

North Korea fires several cruise missiles, South Korea says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military said Sunday that North Korea fired several cruise missiles that flew over waters near a major military shipyard on the country’s eastern coast, extending a streak in weapons tests that are worsening tensions with the United States, South Korea and Japan. The launches followed a separate round … Read more

North Korea has fired artillery near their sea boundary, South Korea says

North Korea has fired artillery near their sea boundary, South Korea says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea again fired artillery shells near its tense sea boundary with the South on Sunday, as the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un mocked the South’s ability to detect its weapons launches. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff dismissed Kim Yo Jong’s statement as “a comedy-like, … Read more

Scouting body asks South Korea to cut World Scout Jamboree short as heat wave prompts exodus

Scouting body asks South Korea to cut World Scout Jamboree short as heat wave prompts exodus

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The world scouting body urged South Korea to cut short the World Scout Jamboree as thousands of British scouts began leaving the coastal campsite Saturday because of a punishing heat wave. American scouts were preparing to pull out, too. Hundreds of participants have been treated for heat-related ailments since the … Read more