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South Korea clamps down on striking truckers with back-to-work order
Stacked containers fill a port in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. South Korea's government expanded its back-to-work orders Thursday against thousands of cargo truck drivers who are staging a nationwide walkout over freight fare issues, saying a prolonged strike could inflict "deep scars" on the country's economy.
SOUTH KOREA’S government expanded its back-to-work orders on Thursday to clamp down on thousands of lorry drivers who are staging a nationwide walkout.
The “work start” orders on steel and fuel truckers were inevitable because the strike could begin to hurt major export industries like cars and shipbuilding if it extends further, Finance Minister Choo Kyung Ho said in a news conference.
The orders, which were initially issued November 29 on some 2,500 cement truckers, were expanded to about 6,000 drivers transporting steel and 4,500 transporting fuel and chemicals.
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