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By Ju-min Park and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -As their walkout entered its third week, South Korean truckers realised their bid to widen and make permanent a government scheme on minimum freight rates was failing as public support waned and President Yoon Suk-yeol refused to budge. Many businesses prepared for the strike, which began Nov. 24, and were ready to weather short-term pain. And as the government increased pressure - including unprecedented start work orders - some of the 25,000 striking truckers headed back to work this week, facing the prospect of not only lost income but lost jobs, drivers told Reuters. On Friday, the Cargo Truckers Solidarity Union said that 62% of union members voted to call off the strike to return to work but that the union would continue its minimum wage campaign. The game is over. It is so sad that all we could do is stop our cars, but nothing has changed, said Kang Myung-gil, a container truck driver who came back to work on Monday after a two-w

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