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![North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, third from right, visits the Sangwon Cement Complex in the central province of North Hwanghae on March 1, in this photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency on March 2. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12608302.jpg?imageId=12608302&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Transport vehicles for ready-mixed concrete are parked at a cement factory in Anyang, Gyeonggi, on Monday.[YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11714904.jpg?imageId=11714904&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Cement trucks are parked at a ready-mixed concrete factory in Anyang, Gyeonggi, on Thursday, the eighth day of the strike by the Cargo Truckers Solidarity and the truckers' refusal to transport materials including concrete. The government issued an executive order on Nov. 28 for cement truckers to resume work, but union members have not heeded the order and the supply of concrete is becoming difficult. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11814318.jpg?imageId=11814318&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![An excavator demolishes Sampyo’s ready-mixed concrete plant in Seongsu-dong, eastern Seoul, on Tuesday, ending its 46-year history. The production site, which covers a 4,600-square-meter (49,500-square-foot) area, the largest single production site in Asia, was once considered as the key contributor to the so-called Han River miracle. The mixed cement supplied from the plant was used in major development projects in Seoul including Gangnam. The cement was used not only in building the apartments along the Han River but also in infrastructure such as roads and bridges. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10582989.jpg?imageId=10582989&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A cement plant in Seoul [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10726622.jpg?imageId=10726622&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Ready-mixed concrete trucks are shown at a cement plant in Seoul on Wednesday. Sampyo Cement said it will raise its price of cement by 11 percent to 105,000 won ($80) per ton starting September. Hanil Cement is also planning to raise its price by 15 percent to 106,000 won per ton in the same month. This will be the second price rise made this year in the cement industry, the first being in February. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11793245.jpg?imageId=11793245&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Construction is temporarily suspended at an apartment construction site in Seoul due to the ongoing trucker strike, which has been preventing shipments of cement. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11327026.jpg?imageId=11327026&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)