News / Shippers call on government to crack down on striking South Korean truckers

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South Korea president Yoon Suk-yeol is preparing another executive order to compel truckers to return to work as the 12-day strike increases in intensity.

Both sides have become more entrenched and the language increasingly confrontational, with the president comparing the strike to the threat posed by North Korea.

President Yoon issued an executive order to force cement-truck drivers to return to work last week, but compliance has been slow, despite the risk of imprisonment, fines and licence suspension.

Now the president is now ...