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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Ju-min Park and Heekyong Yang

Fuel runs short at S.Korean petrol stations as top union begins strike alongside truckers

Signs reading 'Gasoline sold out, due to a strike by truckers' are seen at a gas station in Seoul, South Korea December 4, 2022. Yonhap via REUTERS

A nationwide strike by South Korean truckers has led nearly 100 petrol stations across the country to run dry, government data show, and a national trade union launched a general strike on Tuesday in support of the drivers.

The truckers' strike over a minimum pay programme, which began on Nov. 24, has seen two negotiation sessions between the union and the government, but so far there has been no breakthrough.

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