{
  "id": 7238554,
  "title": "Seoul city to operate up to 1,500 free shuttle buses amid looming bus strike",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/seoul-city-to-operate-up-to-1-500-free-shuttle-buses-amid-looming-bus-7238554",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T04:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20260914/seoul-city-to-operate-up-to-1500-free-shuttle-buses-amid-looming-bus-strike"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Seoul city government announced Monday that it intends to deploy up to 1,500 complimentary shuttle buses this week should unionized employees of the capital's intracity buses proceed with their scheduled strike. On Friday, city bus employees voted to commence a strike on Wednesday if they cannot reach an agreement with management, prompting worries about significant traffic disruptions and delays. In response to the potential strike, the city government stated it would operate approximately 200 free shuttle buses between city districts, with 1,300 buses connecting key city centers and residential neighborhoods to subway stations. This represents a surge from around 700 free shuttle buses that were operating during the previous strike in January. The city also plans to extend subway morning rush-hour operations by two hours, running from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., and extend late-night operations to have the final train run until 2 a.m. Additionally, the city intends to offer its public bike service, Ttareungi, free of charge during the strike period. Unionized bus workers and bus operators have been embroiled in a dispute over the cancellation of a contract extension for non-unionized drivers.",
  "summary": "The Seoul metropolitan government said Monday it plans to operate up to 1,500 free shuttle buses this week if unionized workers of the capital's intracity buses press ahead with their planned strike. Unionized city bus workers voted Friday to go on strike beginning Wednesday if they fail to reach a deal with the management, raising concerns of major traffic disruptions and delays. As part of…",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Seoul city to operate up to 1,500 free shuttle buses amid looming bus strike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/seoul-city-to-operate-up-to-1-500-free-shuttle-buses-amid-looming-bus",
        "published": "2026-09-14T02:57:06.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Seoul city to operate up to 1,500 free shuttle buses amid looming bus strike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/seoul-city-to-operate-up-to-1-500-free-shuttle-buses-amid-looming-bus-7233770",
        "published": "2026-09-14T03:32:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}