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Stierlitz said:

Doctors walkout to intensify as graduates refuse to join internships

A large-scale walkout by trainee doctors is expected to intensify as new medical school graduates reportedly refused to take internships, joining an ongoing protest against the South Korean government's plan to boost the number of medical students.

The move by medical school graduates is likely to pile pressure on the government as thousands of intern and resident doctors in major general hospitals have walked off the job for the sixth consecutive day in opposition to the government's plan to admit 2,000 more students to medical schools next year.

At Chonnam National University Hospital in Gwangju, 86 out of 101 graduates who were scheduled to commence their internships next month have resigned. About 20 intern candidates at Jeju National University Hospital refused to join internships.

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Wow this is interesting. The medical industry within itself is vey protective of its own, I know they cover for themselves and try to limit outsiders like foreign graduates but South Korean medical doctors are doing this to their own people. Their society seem to be in deep disarray

siegecrossbow said:

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Good lord… hope he is okay.

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Rest in peace.

The burn victim, who identified himself in video of the incident as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell, reportedly succumbed to his injuries on Sunday night, according to independent journalist

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, who posted on social media that she is in contact with Bushnell’s family and friends.

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Sunday morning, he also wrote: “Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’ The answer is, you’re doing it. Right now.” The post included a link to a live-stream of his protest on the web-broadcasting platform Twitch, which has since removed the video for violations of its community guidelines and terms of service.

“I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I’m about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the airman repeated, in footage reviewed by TIME, as he walked toward the driveway of the Israeli embassy. “But compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”

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siegecrossbow said:

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Good lord… hope he is okay.

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looks sadly like he passed away. RIP. And the western msm is trying obfuscate his actions

getready said:

Wow this is interesting. The medical industry within itself is vey protective of its own, I know they cover for themselves and try to limit outsiders like foreign graduates but South Korean medical doctors are doing this to their own people. Their society seem to be in deep disarray

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South Korean society is broken indeed. But instead of trying to actually fix it, they are pumping out movies and dramas to fantasize about fixing them. People are oppressed, messed up, and angry. One of the main outlets for them to blow off their frustration is to watch made-up evil elites getting their justice on TV. This is very similar to what Hollywood and Bollywood does. Raging against the elites (and foreigners) sells very well in these markets.

SK's societal problems are structural. It is impossible to solve it as long as it sticks to the American liberal economic formula. Follow the methods of a sick society, then expect the results of a sick society.

Sardaukar20 said:

South Korean society is broken indeed. But instead of trying to actually fix it, they are pumping out movies and dramas to fantasize about fixing them. People are oppressed, messed up, and angry. One of the main outlets for them to blow off their frustration is to watch made-up evil elites getting their justice on TV. This is very similar to what Hollywood and Bollywood does. Raging against the elites (and foreigners) sells very well in these markets.

SK's societal problems are structural. It is impossible to solve it as long as it sticks to the American liberal economic formula. Follow the methods of a sick society, then expect the results of a sick society.

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Kpop and drama portrays Korea so greatly but in reality Koreans are some of the most angry people out there despite having developed country standards. Hyper capitalism combined with asian competition and military service will make you on the edge a lot.

Modi has been really busy with his duty as PM of Supapowar Bharat:
Jai Hind!

It’s not easy being Chinese these days. You sneeze people think you’re spreading Covid. You want to see a plane, people think you’re a spy.

Randomuser said:

Kpop and drama portrays Korea so greatly but in reality Koreans are some of the most angry people out there despite having developed country standards. Hyper capitalism combined with asian competition and military service will make you on the edge a lot.

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Indeed. The most trending K-films these days are about the rage against the elites. For example: Squid Game, Parasite, and The Devil Judge. Their portrayal of SK society is much darker than the K-films of a decade ago. It sells so well because it resonates with the current ills of SK society (and even American society). There were so much praises of these films to the heavens by K-drama fans and the West. But its only just entertainment. More bread and circus. The SK elites must be laughing their asses to the bank. They've kept the SK people distracted, and even made more money out of it.

SK has got the double whammy from the East Asian competitive society, coupled with the unforgiving American economic model. Jobs are easy to lose, but so difficult to get. Then you take young men who were in their careers and put them into military service, taking away 2 years of their lives to progress. When they come back, they find out that the SK corporations and society do not wait for them. They have to restart again and make up for those 2 lost years. And all those years in the military wasn't pleasant either, with plenty of hazing going on. Then you add in current the gender war of SK. No wonder you're getting plenty of angry young men in SK.

Randomuser said:

Kpop and drama portrays Korea so greatly but in reality Koreans are some of the most angry people out there despite having developed country standards. Hyper capitalism combined with asian competition and military service will make you on the edge a lot.

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You forgot the hypernationalist indoctrination. They pretty much look down on every other asian and get triggered by any little thing

We are Ukrainians. We are ready to stand with the United States shoulder to shoulder, either in trenches near Tehran or near in North Korea or near Beijing.

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