(LEAD) Tensions loom as doctors plan mass rally in deepening clash over med school quota | Yonhap News Agency

SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) — Tensions were rising Saturday as defiant doctors were set to hold a mass rally over the weekend in protest against the government plan to increase medical school admissions, with no sign of a breakthrough amid growing risks of a major medical disruption. The Korea Medical Association (KMA), the largest doctors’ lobby group, plans to stage a large demonstration in western Seoul on Sunday in a show of resistance against the government’s plan to add 2,000 more seats to the medical school admission quota starting next year. Some 20,000 doctors are expected to take part in the rally, the KMA said. The government is intensifying the pressure on the striking doctors, with the filing of a…