Selling digestive pills at supermarket takes more time

Korea needs to allow people to buy digestion pills or cough drops at nearby drugstores or convenience stores without doctor’s prescription but it’s not an easy job for the time being, Minister of Strategy and Finance Yoon Jeung-Hyeon said in a press interview on July 11.

However, the minister pointed out that interest groups such as doctors and pharmacists exerted too much influence in medic...