Short strikes are continuing to hit the Korean auto industry.

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Unionised workers at Kia Motors stopped work on Thursday for four hours over a wage deal, the union told Reuters.


This follows strikes on 2 July and a call by unions at Kia parent Hyundai Motor Co for four-hour strikes today as well.


“We want the company to join ongoing wage talks with an umbrella union”, union spokesman Song Ho-chang told Reuters.


Ssangyong Motor also reported a halt in car production, because of a partial strike for two hours, according in a filing with the Korea Exchange.

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