Bailiffs were dispatched on Monday to Ssangyong Motor's Pyeongtaek plant in Gyeonggi Province to disperse striking workers who had occupied the plant for 60 days. But violent resistance by some unionized workers who occupied the plant's paint shop filled with inflammables thwarted execution of the warrant.

At 10 a.m. that day, some 1,000 police officers gathered at the plant, timed with the arrival of 1,100 non-union employees who resumed work at the main office building and the research and development building. A police officer said the officers will remain stationed at the plant to prevent clashes between workers.

Meanwhile, creditors of Ssangyong subcontractors told the ailing automaker's joint receivers, Lee Yu-il and Park Young-tae, they are filing for early bankruptcy around Aug. 3 unless the plant is back operation by the end of July.

A creditor said, "If the strike continues even after the end of July, Ssangyong Motor must be liquidated and a 'new Ssangyong' founded, just as GM was born again as 'New GM.'"

Currently, 250 first-tier subcontractors and 1,900 second- and third-tier subcontractors have receivables of W300 billion (US$1=W1,251) from the automaker.