[Photo] "This Is a Bus Stop During Rush Hour"

Most city buses in Seoul have stopped operating as the Seoul city bus labor union began an indefinite, all-out strike on January 13, 2026. At a bus stop near Seoul Station, the electronic display board shows the locations of Seoul city bus routes as "waiting for departure."

On this day, the majority of Seoul's 7,300 city buses ceased operations. This was due to the breakdown of wage and collective bargaining agreement negotiations between the Seoul City Bus Labor Union, which is part of the Korea Automobile Workers' Federation and represents all 64 city bus companies in Seoul, and the management represented by the Seoul City Bus Transport Business Association.