{
  "id": 4796577,
  "title": "‘의대 탈락’ 목포대 반발…이 대통령 “박탈감 상당, 지원책 검토”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/story-4796577",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T03:45:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hankyoreh",
    "slug": "hankyoreh",
    "url": "https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/area/honam/1275680.html"
  },
  "original_language": "ko",
  "account": "National Chonbuk University, which failed to secure a spot in the newly established national medical college, vehemently opposed the decision. The university's vice president, Choi Dong, declared at a press conference on the previous day, \"The decision to accept the mark by just 1.3 points is unacceptable.\" The vice presidents of the university stated that the process of appointing the university seemed drawn out and that the evaluation was rushed, with only one day to review the plans of two universities. They pointed out that the fact that a university with 50,000 municipal-owned lands and one with municipal-owned lands was given similar scores was unfair. They also mentioned that the university had secured 75 or more qualified doctors for the medical college and planned to use them as instructors at a temporary education hospital. The university president, Song Hak-chul, resigned, taking full responsibility for the university's failure to establish the medical school. On this day, President Jeomyung assured the then-Governor of South Jeolla Province that he would expand medical infrastructure in the region. The president instructed Jeomyung to evaluate and review the support plan for the medical school, stating that the people of the region had a right to life and that the government could not stand idly by while the national university's fate was decided by hasty evaluations and inadequate plans. The government had previously, on the 25th, included a conditional resolution in the National Defense Cabinet, asking the South Jeolla Province to recommend a medical school candidate. South Jeolla Province evaluated and recommended two universities, Chonnam University and National University, based on five criteria: medical school establishment feasibility review, medical school education facility acquisition plan, hospital acquisition plan, medical faculty acquisition plan, and roles and responsibilities of the medical school and hospital. Chonnam University scored 1.17 points higher than National University in the medical faculty acquisition plan.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}