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South Korea weighs ordering striking truckers back to work

Concrete mixer trucks are parked at a factory due to a strike by a truckers' union in Anyang, South Korea November 28, 2022. Yonhap via REUTERS

South Korea's government will decide on Tuesday whether to take the unprecedented step of invoking tough strike-busting laws to end a six-day stoppage by truck drivers which is hurting the economy, the presidential office said.

President Yoon Suk-yeol will preside over a cabinet meeting to discuss issuing a start-work order after the government failed to reach a deal with unions in talks on Monday.

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