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The women did not stop the strike. KORAIL fired 280 crew members who refused to rejoin the company. [citation needed] In May 2006, approximately 80 female workers were arrested for occupying the KORAIL office in Seoul. [3] In January 2007, KTX union leaders organized a sit-in at the Seoul central station, which continued on and off until July 2018.
The strike was declared illegal by the government after emergency arbitration was imposed, and at least 411 strikers were arrested. 10 of those were indicted on charges of "interference with execution of duty," but the rest were released. [1] 2000 union workers were also suspended by Korail during the incident. [2]
The 2013 railroad strike in South Korea was a 22 days general strike by members of the Korea Railroad Corporation Union of Korean Railway Workers' Union and Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, Federation of Korean Trade Unions in South Korea between December 9 and December 30, against the establishment of the KTX from Suseo's subsidiary company of Korail.
It is branded as KORAIL (코레일) and changed its official Korean name (한국철도; 韓國鐵道) in November 2019. [5] Currently, KORAIL is a public corporation , managed by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation .
The KTX-Sancheon (Korean: KTX-산천; Hanja: KTX-山川, formerly called the KTX-II) is a South Korean high-speed train built by Hyundai Rotem and operated by Korail and SR Corporation since March 2010 and December 2016, respectively. With the maximum operational speed of 305 km/h (189.5 mph), the KTX-Sancheon is the second commercial high ...
AREX (Airport Railroad Express; Korean: 인천국제공항철도) is a South Korean airport rail link and commuter rail line that links Incheon International Airport with Seoul Station via Gimpo International Airport.
Korail uses the name of KTX as the official name of KTX-I. [13] The name of KTX-I is derived to distinguish KTX-Sancheon, which was formerly called as KTX-II, but it is not the official name for this rolling stock. The high-speed rail service of South Korea's national rail carrier Korail, Korea Train Express (KTX), started with the KTX-I. The ...
In 2012, the then-Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs called for bids to operate high-speed trains for 15 years on the Seoul–Busan and Seoul–Mokpo lines with the goal was to end the state-owned Korail's monopoly and create competition for the state-run KTX trains, hoping to increase the quality of service and decrease fares. [9]