FILE - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a cabinet meeting at the government complex in Sejong, South Korea, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. South Korea’s president met the leader of thousands of striking junior doctors on Thursday, April 4, 2024, and promised to respect their position during future talks over his contentious push to sharply increase medical school admissions. The meeting between President Yeol and Park Dan, head of an emergency committee for the Korea Intern Resident Association, was the first of its kind since more than 90% of the country’s 13,000 trainee doctors walked off the job in February, disrupting hospital operations. (Jin Sung-chul/Yonhap via AP, File)
Park Dan, head of an emergency committee at the Korean Intern Resident Association, center right, is seen during a meeting at the Korean Medical Association in Seoul, South Korea, March 31, 2024. South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol met the leader of thousands of striking junior doctors on Thursday, April 4, 2024, and promised to respect their position during future talks over his contentious push to sharply increase medical school admissions. The meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and Park Dan, head of an emergency committee for the Korea Intern Resident Association, was the first of its kind since more than 90% of the country’s 13,000 trainee doctors walked off the job in February, disrupting hospital operations. (Choi Jae-gu/Yonhap via AP)