SEOUL: South Korea has announced a crackdown on illegal brokers and unregistered clinics in a bid to protect medical tourists, especially those drawn by the country’s booming plastic surgery industry.
The Health Ministry unveiled yesterday a raft of measures drafted in response to a growing number of complaints over botched jobs and exorbitant billing, many of them filed by Chinese women who travel to South Korea specifically for cosmetic procedures.
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