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Article: Traditional medicine doctors launch walkout against proposed FTA with U.S.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- January 11, 2007
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SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- Thousands of traditional oriental medicine doctors in South Korea went on strike Wednesday to express their concern that a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States may threaten their job security.Seoul and Washington are in talks since last year on opening up their markets to each other through an FTA, with a goal of concluding the talks within March. The sixth round is slated for next week in Seoul.Around 7,000 traditional medicine doctors walked off their jobs and gathered in front of the Gwacheon Government Complex for a one-day rally, opposing a possible mutual recognition of licenses for practicing oriental medicine ...