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![Seoul city bus union members chant slogans during a rally in front of the Korea Transportation Workers’ Union building in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on May 26. The demonstration was held to express solidarity among bus workers and demand better labor conditions ahead of a planned general strike. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12084022.jpg?imageId=12084022&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![An empty bus stop near Seoul Station in downtown Seoul on Thursday morning. Intracity bus drivers went on strike the same day after failing to reach an agreement with management on wage hikes. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11970825.jpg?imageId=11970825&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Members of the Seoul Bus Union shout slogans during a rally in front of the Transportation Center in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Thursday. The Seoul Bus Union warned of a general strike next Tuesday if wage negotiations do not come through. The union said 87.3 percent of its members agreed to the strike in a vote held Wednesday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10374933.jpg?imageId=10374933&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)