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The government will accelerate efforts to automate train operations, in the hope of preventing train further accidents, the transport ministry said Tuesday. Also ordered was the resumption of the previous work shift system, scrapping the current one whereby fewer workers of Korail, a state-run rail operator, handle greater train operation-related work.

The Hankyoreh newspaper has decided to dismiss a senior reporter for borrowing money from a key culprit in a high-profile development scandal.

Qatargas Operating Company Limited (Qatargas) distributed football kits and associated gear to children at a South Korean child welfare center, as part of a new corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative titled “Pass the Joy,” aimed at spreading the message of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

South Korean truckers voted to end their strike on Friday as it entered a third week with public support waning and the government refusing to budge, saying the action had caused "astronomical" damage to the economy.

No breakthrough in truckers’ strike negotiations over minimum pay programme

Inside five white tents outside the Uiwang container depot near Seoul, about 200 striking truckers huddle around gas heaters

Amid soaring fuel costs, as many as 25,000 truckers are calling on the government for a permanent minimum-pay system known as the "Safe Freight Rate."

UIWANG, South Korea (Reuters) - Inside five white tents outside the Uiwang container depot near Seoul, about 200 striking truckers huddle around gas heaters, trying to fight the bitter cold and the government narrative that they are well paid "labour aristocracy."

UIWANG, South Korea--Inside five white tents outside the Uiwang container depot near Seoul, about 200 striking truckers huddle around gas heaters, trying to fight the bitter cold and the government narrative that they are well paid “labor aristocracy.”

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators representing organized labor marched in South Korea’s capital on Saturday denouncing government attempts to force thousands of striking truckers back to work after they walked out in a dispute over the price of freight.