SUWON, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi provincial government is set to introduce a new state-of-the-art system that can prevent accidents caused by drowsy and careless driving by checking the status of long-distance intercity bus drivers in real time. The provincial government signed a business agreement with Hyundai Mobis Co., the country’s largest auto [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized bus drivers in Seoul, Busan and all other metropolitan cities and provinces canceled a planned strike on Wednesday after reaching last-minute wage deals with their management. Labor and management at about 200 bus companies nationwide held marathon negotiations until early Wednesday morning over wage hikes for drivers who [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nationwide public transportation chaos is looming, as unionized bus drivers across the country have been voting overwhelmingly to strike to demand pay hikes and manpower increases in time for the implementation of a mandatory 52-hour workweek in the bus industry this summer. Some 35,000 drivers from 10 cities and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new report says over one in ten South Korean bus drivers suffer from daytime sleepiness, a sleep disorder feared to be responsible for a significant increase in the rate of traffic accidents. A research team led by Professor of Psychiatry Hong Seung-cheol at the Catholic University of Korea [...]