[Rural and Fisheries News=Reporter Park Yu-shin] It is expected that next year, the operation of rural round-trip buses will be expanded, leading to improved medical services for rural residents. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on the 2nd that 112 cities and counties, 353 locations, have been selected as target areas for the rural round-trip buses, which are being promoted to resolve the rural medical service blind spots. This is an increase of 21 cities and counties, 89 locations, compared to this year. The rural round-trip bus service is a program that directly visits towns and townships to provide services such as Western and traditional medicine, oral examinations, eye examinations, and musculoskeletal disorder treatments. From 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, local governments, the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, and regional agricultural cooperatives are jointly promoting this initiative. In this regard, the government will next year