Doctors In South Korea Cancel Strike If Government Accepts These Three Demands

Medical workers are carrying out their duties at a hospital in Daegu, South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 15, 2000. (ANTARA/Lee Sang-ho/Xinhua/tm)

JAKARTA - South Korea's biggest association of doctors on Sunday offered a vote to determine whether they would go on mass strike this week if the government turned out to accept the three demands filed, including the matter of the medical school quota.

The group, KMA, made the offer on Sunday -- two days before they were scheduled for a strike. The strike is planned to be carried out by medical professors at the "Big 5" hospital in Seoul, as well as community doctors.

KMA said it would give the government until Sunday at 23.00 local time to respond to three demands.

Their demands cover revisions and the addition of important points in government policy packages for the medical services sector.

Doctors also demanded the government to cancel all sentences against interns.

However, if the government refuses, they state that they will carry out a strike according to their plans indefinitely.