President Yoon Suk Yeol is scheduled to meet with the leadership of the ruling People Power Party next week in an effort to break the ongoing deadlock with the medical community over expansion plans. The meeting, set for Tuesday, is intended to facilitate broad communication between the presidential office and the party's leadership to assess public sentiment during the Chuseok holiday and discuss reform agendas, particularly focusing on medical reforms and other livelihood issues. The presidential office emphasized its commitment to enhancing communication with the ruling party through various channels to address crucial matters affecting the daily lives of the people. The upcoming meeting follows a previous postponement by President Yoon, who delayed a dinner originally planned for late August. The disagreement between the two parties arose when the ruling party chief proposed delaying the increase in medical school quotas for the 2026 academic year to encourage doctors to engage in negotiations. In response, the ruling party suggested the establishment of a consultative body involving the Yoon government, ruling and opposition parties, and the medical community to discuss the expansion plan, with a focus on potential increases for the 2025 school year. Despite ruling out a compromise on the quota hike for the upcoming year due to ongoing college admissions, officials expressed openness to discussing a reasonable and scientifically estimated hike for the 2026 school year if proposed by the medical sector.