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Worries about S. Korean economy grow amid truckers’ strike

Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support for the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Cargo trucks transport containers at a container terminal in Incheon, South Korea, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Truckers in South Korea ended an eight-day strike that caused major disruptions to domestic production and cargo transport, their union and the government announced after negotiations Tuesday. (Yun Tae-hyun/AP via AP) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support for the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support for the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support for the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support for the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. South Korea's prime minister warned Tuesday that the disruption of cargo transport could cause "irrecoverable" damages on the country's economy, as a nationwide truckers' strike entered its eighth day. The signs read "We support for the ongoing trucker strike." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Members of the Cargo Truckers Solidarity of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions gather in front of a shipping port in Gwangyang, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. A weeklong strike by thousands of truckers in South Korea has triggered major disruptions in cargo transport and production that have caused 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in damages, officials said Monday. (Kim Dong-ju/AP via AP) Stacked containers line a shipping port in Gwangyang, South Korea, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. A weeklong strike by thousands of truckers in South Korea has triggered major disruptions in cargo transport and production that have caused 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in damages, officials said Monday. (Kim Dong-ju/AP via AP)