This is the 3005th most frequent Korean word.
파업을
"파업을" means "a strike" in English.
In this sentence, '파업을' refers to the action of initiating a strike (파업을 시작하다). The term is used to indicate the act of beginning a strike by employees.
회사 직원들이 더 나은 근로 환경을 요구하며 파업을 시작했다.
The company employees started a strike demanding better working conditions.
Here, '파업을' refers to the ongoing state of a strike (to resolve a strike). It illustrates a situation where an external party takes action to address the strike.
정부는 파업을 해결하기 위해 중재에 나섰다.
The government intervened to resolve the strike.
In this context, '파업을' indicates the means of action taken by workers to achieve their goals (using the strike as a method to demand rights).