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South Korea Has Plenty of Botox But Not Enough Doctors

South Korea Has Plenty of Botox But Not Enough Doctors

Big Take Asia

January 14, 202515m 26s

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Show Notes

A record 600,000 people traveled to South Korea for medical procedures in 2023, with roughly half of those visiting dermatology and plastic surgery clinics.

On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, host Rebecca Choong Wilkins talks to Bloomberg's Oanh Ha about the rise of the medical tourism industry, and how it’s colliding with a shrinking supply of doctors and a struggling medical system.


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