January 23rd, 2013 at 2:04 am » Comments (7)

It seems to me that giving out subsidies to the taxi companies would discourage people from using the mass transit system that is already subsidized by the government: President Lee Myung-bak rejected a parliament-approved bill that would provide state subsidies to the taxi industry, his spokesman said, a veto that could be overruled by the National Assembly despite criticism that the legislation is an extravagant, populist measure. Lee signed a Cabinet motion urging the parliament to reconsider the bill that calls for including taxis as mass transportation, along with buses,
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November 21st, 2012 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)

A total of 48,000 buses nationwide, including 4,000 village shuttle buses, will join the move, with some 7,500 buses running on more than 360 routes in Seoul alone carrying approximately 5 million passengers every day. Tourist buses and express buses, however, will not go on strike, according to the association. “We are outraged by the political circle decision to ignore the government, the public and the bus drivers and solely push for the bill ahead of the presidential election. It is nothing but an impromptu populist measure,” an official of
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September 8th, 2012 at 5:54 pm » Comments (57)

It looks like their could be some labor unrest in South Korea as Koreans working on US bases are seeing cutbacks in jobs and working hours: The union representing local workers at U.S. military bases in South Korea is threatening to go on strike if the U.S. military goes ahead with plans to reduce some full-time employees to part time. U.S. Forces Korea recently notified about 200 South Koreans of the cutback plans, according to Yu Ki Hyon, a spokesman for the USFK Korean Employees Union. The move — combined
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July 15th, 2012 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

June 27th, 2012 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)

Via Yonhap.

June 18th, 2012 at 5:00 pm » Comments (29)

Via a Open Thread reader tip comes news that a nationwide taxi strike may happen in the near future: Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) plans to increase the operation of alternative transportation after taxi drivers announced they would go on a nationwide strike Wednesday. The drivers want the government to lower the price of gas and hike taxi fares. Over 200,000 private and public taxi drivers are expected to gather in Seoul. “There are a total of 290,000 taxi drivers nationwide and we expect many of them to gather in Seoul
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