WATCH: Thousands of doctors strike in South Korea

The physicians taking part belong to the Korean Medical Association, the country's largest doctor's group with around 140,000 members.

Transcript

00:00Is there enough?

00:02Yes.

00:03This is a handkerchief.

00:07This is the handkerchief that we gathered to save today.

00:11Hello.

00:17Due to the long-termization of the emergency medical system due to the collective actions of the doctors,

00:20the inconvenience of the people continues,

00:23and some doctors, including Korean doctors, are crying out for the patients to stop the collective action.

00:32Please raise your hands.

00:39As a service, I would like to say thank you to the non-dispatchers who do not pay the price.

00:46Thank you. We will do our best.

00:50We will do our best.