The doctors’ organization objecting against the South Korean government intending to expand medical school admission and provide coverage on Korean herbal medicine are drawing up a plan to call a private clinic doctors’ strike. The strike is most likely to be on Aug. 14.

According to Korean Medical Association (KMA) on July 29, the issue of calling an organized strike on Aug. 14 would be addressed at the general assembly on July 31 and the organization would publicly announce the result on Aug. 1.

President Choi Dae-zip declared the organization would plan an all-out single-day strike on either Aug. 14 or 18. The board members from 16 cities and provinces across the country ga