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Court dismisses lawsuit by former resident doctors classified as not selected for active military service

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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  • The Seoul Administrative Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by six former resident doctors who challenged their classification as not selected for active military service.
  • The doctors resigned during the government’s drive to increase medical-school admissions, after which their hospitals accepted the resignations.
  • The court ruled that the Defense Ministry’s notification to the Military Manpower Administration was an internal administrative procedure, not a disposition directly affecting the doctors’ rights or duties.

A Seoul court has rejected a lawsuit filed by six resident doctors who opposed being classified as not selected for active military service after resigning during the government’s push to expand medical-school admissions.

The doctors had been enrolled in the medical officer candidate register while working as residents at training hospitals. They submitted resignations during the admissions expansion dispute. After the government withdrew an order preventing hospitals from accepting resignations, the hospitals processed them.

The Defense Ministry later amended its relevant administrative rules and classified the doctors as not selected for active service. It then notified the Military Manpower Administration of the result, prompting the doctors to challenge the classification in court.

The Seoul Administrative Court’s Administrative Division 1 dismissed all six lawsuits, according to legal officials. The panel, presided over by Judge Yang Sang-yoon, said the classification notification did not constitute an administrative disposition subject to an appeal lawsuit.

The court said the ministry’s notification was an internal procedure between administrative agencies. It did not directly change the plaintiffs’ rights or obligations, the court found.

This classification notification does not constitute an administrative disposition subject to an appeal lawsuit.

· Seoul Administrative CourtThe court explained why it dismissed the doctors’ challenge.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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