tuvalu have named a new prime minister. been speculation the pacific island nation, one of just 12 states formally recognising thai one could consider establishing relations with china. hundreds of senior doctors held a rally near the presidential office in seoul on sunday, to support young doctors and to protest against a government plan to increase the number of medical school admissions. the government announced a plan to increase the number of students admitted to medical schools by two thousand starting in the 2025 academic year, to bring the total to 5,000 south korea has one of the lowest doctor—to—patient ratios among major economies, but protesting doctors say the real issue is pay and working conditions. earlier i spoke to yoon kim, professor of health care management at seoul national university school of medicine. he took me through the korean health care system. yes, korea has a highly privatised health care system, although we have universal social health insurance system. more than 90% of hospitals and clinic