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Seoul Seeks to Hire Foreigners as Village Bus Drivers

Seoul Seeks to Hire Foreigners as Village Bus Drivers

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Monday it will push to hire foreigners as “maeul” bus drivers to cope with a chronic manpower shortage in the transportation sector. Maeul buses, or village buses in English, operate on very short routes within local areas to connect residents to nearby major bus [...]

Gyeonggi’s Unionized Bus Drivers Call off Planned Strike after Wage Deal

Gyeonggi’s Unionized Bus Drivers Call off Planned Strike after Wage Deal

SUWON, South Korea, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A powerful union of bus drivers in Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds Seoul, called off a strike planned for Wednesday after reaching a last-minute wage hike agreement with their employers before dawn. The union, which has about 90 percent of city and intercity bus drivers in the nation’s [...]