Apr. 20

• ●Doctors protest despite hike plan freeze, demanding full withdrawal The Korea Herald
  Despite the South Korean government's decision last week to freeze the medical school admission quota at its pre-expansion level for 2026, thousands of doctors and medical students rallied in central Seoul on Saturday, calling for a complete rollback of the Yoon Suk Yeol administation's health care reform agenda.
  
  

• ●Migrant worker detained for overstaying visa while reporting W50m in unpaid wages The Korea Herald
  A Filipino national who sought to file a complaint with authorities to get tens of millions in unpaid wages for factory work here was arrested by police, after it was found that he had overstayed his work visa.
  
  

• ●Law revision allows organ donation for braindead people with no family The Korea Herald
  The South Korean government said Sunday a recent legal revision will allow organ donation in the case of brain death without the family's consent -- if the person had consented to donation before suffering permanent and complete loss of brain functions.
  
  

• ●Depreciated won draws foreign tourists to South Korea as medical spending jumps 80% The Korea Herald
  Foreign tourism to South Korea has surged in recent months despite being in the wake of one of the country's most severe political crises in decades, according to recent statistics by the state-run tourism agency.
  
  

• ●Senior delivery workers in their 60s to 80s take to streets of Seoul The Chosun Daily
  At 9 a.m. on Apr. 15, the phone rang at the "Silver Courier" office, a senior delivery service located in Yekwan-dong, central Seoul.

Apr. 21

• ●Infertility treatments exceed 200,000 cases in 2022 The Korea Herald
  A report from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service has revealed a 36.7 percent increase in infertility treatment cases over the past three years, with a total of 200,007 procedures performed in 2022.
  
  

• ●Women who don't have children should be jailed, male teacher allegedly tells students Korea JoongAng Daily
  A male teacher working at a girls' high school was accused of telling students that women who don't have babies should be jailed during a social sciences class, leading to an investigation by the city education office.
  
  

• ●Trains bypassing Seoul's Hyehwa Station as disability advocacy group resumes protests Korea JoongAng Daily
  Disability advocacy group Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) resumed its rush-hour subway boarding protests on Monday for the first time in over a year.
  
  

• ●Disability advocacy group resumes controversial subway protests The Korea Times
  For the first time in over a year, the national disability advocacy group Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) staged a subway protest during Monday's morning rush hour, once again demanding improvements in accessibility for people with disabilities.

Apr. 22

• ●3 out of 4 jobless young people say cannot find quality jobs: survey The Korea Times
  More than three out of four unemployed young Koreans believe there is a lack of quality employment opportunities in the country, a survey showed Tuesday.

Apr. 23

• ●South Korea has least remote work hours, recent study finds The Korea Herald
  South Korea ranked last among 40 major countries in terms of weekly remote work hours, according to a global survey conducted by Stanford University.
  
  

• ●Population mobility slightly down in March The Korea Times
  The number of Koreans relocating to different residences went down slightly in March, data showed Wednesday, amid population aging and a housing market slump.
  
  

• ●Flexible work schedules for S. Korean parents only 1/3 of EU levels, study warns The Korea Herald
  A new study has found that the number of parents with flexible work arrangements in South Korea is just one-third of that observed in major European countries - a shortfall experts say may be hampering efforts to combat the country's record-low birthrate.
  
  

• ●Koreans log fewest remote work days globally The Korea Times
  Nam Do-hyeon, a 29-year-old manager at Beam, a Singapore-based mobility start-up in Seoul, divides his workweek between the office and home - spending three days in the office and two days working remotely.
  
  

• ●Korea's childbirths rise for 8th month straight in February The Korea Times
  The number of babies born in Korea increased for the eighth consecutive month in February, data showed Wednesday, in a positive sign for a country struggling with a demographic crisis.

Apr. 24

• ●1 in 3 women a victim of relationship abuse, Gender Ministry survey finds Korea JoongAng Daily
  More than one in three Korean women has experienced violence at least once in their lifetime at the hands of a current or former partner, according to a government survey.
  
  

• ●1 in 3 women in S. Korea experienced violence at least once in their lifetime: survey The Korea Herald
  One in three South Korean women have experienced physical or sexual violence at least once during their lifetime, a government survey showed Thursday.

Apr. 25

• ●'Show us more than money' to raise birthrate, youth tell lawmakers Korea JoongAng Daily
  One single policy change won't make childless people have kids, but could help them decide if it's worthwhile to raise any in this world, Lee Tae-lim, a woman in her 30s, told lawmakers during a pariliamentary discussion on the birthrate.
  
  

• ●1 in 3 women in Korea experienced violence at least once in their lifetime: Survey Korea JoongAng Daily
  One in three Korean women have experienced physical or sexual violence at least once during their lifetime, a government survey showed Thursday.
  
  

• ●Mental distress on the rise among Gangnam children: data The Korea Herald
  Mental health concerns, including depression and anxiety, have been rising sharply among children in Gangnam-gu, Seocho-gu and Songpa-gu, Seoul's southern districts known for intense academic competition.