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Reuters
Reuters
Business
Ju-min Park

South Korean truckers say strike is a fight for livelihood

A truck driver Park Kyung-soo poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters in Incheon, South Korea, June 10, 2022. Picture taken June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Ju-min Park

Kang Myung-gil parked his truck last week and stopped hauling products from a unit of Samsung Electronics and other major South Korean companies to the port of Incheon, joining a strike that has hit industrial hubs and ports.

At stake is his family's livelihood, Kang said, as soaring fuel prices and other costs make it impossible for him to go on while big business can pass on the burden charging higher prices to customers like himself.

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