South Korea’s prime minister has warned that the disruption of cargo transport could cause “irrecoverable” damage on the country’s economy, as a strike by truckers entered its eighth day. South Korea’s economy already faces other difficulties.
Stacked containers line a shipping port in Gwangyang, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. A weeklong strike by thousands of truckers in South Korea has triggered major disruptions in cargo transport and production that have caused 1.6 trillion won in damages, officials said Monday.
About 6,840 truckers were rallying Monday at 14 sites across South Korea, continuing to trigger a delay in the shipment and delivery of key items like steels, cement, petrochemicals and tires, the Transport Ministry said in a statement.
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