Hyundai workers on alert

Hyundai workers on alert

Union members at South Korea's strike-bound Hyundai Motor Co., armed with steel pipes, walk down on the premises of the car maker's Ulsan plant Wednesday Aug. 19 as tension mounts following reports that riot police are preparing for a raid on the plant.

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