An island county needed a doctor, so it tripled the pay

After five failed recruitment attempts, Shinan-gun finally found a senior doctor by tripling its original offer from 11 million won to a pretax monthly salary of 33 million won ($24,100). The island county in Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City said Monday that it had selected a 61-year-old doctor from six applicants to work at its public health center. Korea's senior doctor program recruits experienced physicians aged 60 or older, including retired and soon-to-retire doctors, to work at h