Seoul: Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor Co. are set to engage in a partial strike this week as a demonstration of solidarity with a broader labor union’s protest against President Yoon Suk Yeol’s recent martial law declaration. The company’s union announced on Thursday that the strike will be in conjunction with the Korean Metal Workers’ Union (KMWU), of which they are a part.

According to Yonhap News Agency, Hyundai’s 43,000-member union plans to execute a four-hour strike on both Thursday and Friday. This action aligns with the guidelines provided by the KMWU, a sector of the more assertive Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). The KCTU has expressed its intention to strike indefinitely until President Yoon resigns, holding him accountable for the martial law decision that has stirred the country.

President Yoon declared martial law late Tuesday, citing the influence of “anti-state forces” that he claimed were obstructing national operations through impeachment efforts and budgetary constraints.
However, this declaration was short-lived. Early Wednesday, Yoon retracted the martial law-the nation’s first in over forty years-after the National Assembly moved to nullify it. Following this, opposition parties initiated a motion to impeach President Yoon over the failed martial law attempt.