By Bahk Eun-ji



Foreign students here will be exempted from the mandatory registration in the state health insurance program until February 2021, the insurance program operator said Wednesday.



The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) and the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced they would delay forcing foreign students to register by revising the relevant enforcement regulations, adding it would collect public opinion on the issue by July 5.





The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) and the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Wednesday that they would delay forcing foreign students to register by revising the relevant enforcement regulations. Korea Times file