The plan prioritises four core tasks. South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) has announced its 2025 Action Plan, focusing on key areas to improve healthcare and welfare services.

Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Kyu-hong said last December that the review framework will help South Korea’s digital health sector achieve “global competitiveness” and provide “an ...

The tragic deaths of three Busan teens last week brought renewed attention to the country's rising youth suicide rate.

The positions in the table below reflect the South Korea Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share.

Kim Moon-soo, Lee Jun-seok urge South Korea's health ministry independence amid competing pledges. Political challenges arise as candidates share contrasting health care proposals leading to a ...

South Korea is creating a government ministry tasked with tackling the country's low birth rate and aging society. The Seoul City Wall is seen winding through the South Korean capital on February ...

Welfare Ministry reviews medical cannabis criteria to expand patient access in South Korea. Welfare Ministry evaluates cannabis treatment criteria to broaden eligibility for patients in South Korea ...

What is more significant, however, is how rapidly the number of young mental patients in South Korea has grown. In 2017, patients in their 20s and 30s accounted for 23.4 per cent of the 680,000 ...