Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

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Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Feb. 20.

Korean-language dailies

-- Trainee doctors resign en masse, refuse work at hospitals nationwide (Kyunghyang Shinmun)

-- Trainee doctors' collective resignations spread nationwide; Yoon says doctors cannot beat the people (Kookmin Daily)

-- Trainee doctors leave hospitals; gov't issues order to remain at work (Donga Ilbo)

-- Gov't resorts to strongest measures by beginning to suspend doctors' licenses (Seoul Shinmun)

-- 'Helplessly waiting in line'; medical service paralysis begins (Segye Times)

-- Trainee doctors at 5 major hospitals set to walk off jobs; gov't begins to suspend doctors' licenses (Chosun Ilbo)

-- General hospitals suspend receiving emergency patients (JoongAng Ilbo)

-- Trainee doctors resign en masse; gov't responds by suspending doctors' licenses (Hankyoreh)

-- Surgeries called off, canceled; doctors desert patients (Hankook Ilbo)

-- Trainee doctors walk off jobs en masse; gov't responds by suspending doctors' licenses (Maeil Business Newspaper)

-- Deregulation to benefit farmland 70 times the size of Yeouido (Korea Economic Daily)

English-language dailies

-- Patients on edge as doctors prepare for hospital walkout (Korea Herald)

-- Hospitals on alert as trainee doctors prepare to strike from today (Korea Times)

-- Gov't, doctors wage war over resignations (Korea JoongAng Daily)

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