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Korea medical training dispute: walkout and quota reversal

Follow the trainee-doctor walkout and the government's later changes to the 2026 medical-school intake. A quota decision, a return-to-class condition and actual staffing recovery are separate developments.

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Reviewed 9/21/2026

Selected milestones through April 2025, with February 2024 included as essential background. This is not a current hospital-service guide.

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Government offers a conditional intake reset

The government accepted a proposed 2026 intake of 3,058 on the condition that medical students returned by the end of March.

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The condition matters: this announcement did not establish that students had already returned.

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The 2026 intake returns to the earlier level

The education ministry announced that the 2026 intake would return to 3,058, with university-level allocations to follow.

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Changing the following year's intake did not by itself resolve all training and service disruptions.

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Through 4/17/2025

Selected milestones through April 2025, with February 2024 included as essential background. This is not a current hospital-service guide.