19 reported cases of AI and automation changing specific work — 13 of them things a named organisation has actually done, across 13 employers. Reporting spans May 8, 2025 to Aug 15, 2026.
4 reports Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers EXPOSED
2 reports Production Workers, All Other EXPOSED
1 report Insurance Sales Agents EXPOSED
1 report Construction Laborers EXPOSED
1 report Engineers, All Other EXPOSED
1 report Medical Transcriptionists COOKED
Tech Times reports proposed South Korean legislation that would place liability on employers, rather than AI vendors, when AI adoption results in job cuts.
Korean lawmaker Lee Hae-min proposed an 'AI basic society' bill that would impose a levy on companies replacing workers with AI, as reported by Digital Today.
Korean lawmaker Lee Hae-min introduced an 'AI Basic Society Act' bill that would impose an AI transition levy on employers whose AI adoption displaces workers.
Asia Insurance Review reports that South Korean insurer Hanwha Life has rolled out a generative AI tool to its entire workforce.
Seoul Economic Daily reports that Namyangju city government has made an in-house AI tool available to all municipal staff.
Tech Times reports that Korea has begun operating 11.5-tonne autonomous trucks on signalized urban roads, described as a first for public city traffic.
Reports that MasAuto has deployed 20 autonomous trucks on South Korea's postal logistics network, citing 150,000 km without accidents.
Tech Times reports Lotte Construction has deployed an autonomous floor-cleaning robot at an active construction site in South Korea.
Ars Technica reports workers at a Hyundai auto factory striking over the introduction of humanoid robots in production work.
InvestNews reports that Hyundai workers went on strike in response to the company's introduction of humanoid robots in its operations.
Yahoo reports that Hyundai workers in South Korea went on strike over the company's introduction of humanoid robots.
Firstpost reports Hyundai workers striking over wages and the introduction of automation, including Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robots, in factory operations.
Kia's Gwangju plant was reported to have deployed AI for industrial safety management, receiving an award from South Korea's Ministry of Employment and Labor.
AP reports a South Korean startup is recording skilled workers' manual techniques to train AI models that control robots.
Chosunbiz reports that South Korean shipyards have deployed welding and fabrication robots, with single workers now operating up to eight units via tablet.
MobiHealthNews reported that Seoul St. Mary's Hospital has introduced an AI scribe system for clinical documentation.
Interesting Engineering reported that a Hyundai shipyard is trialling a German-made humanoid robot for welding work.
The Maritime Executive reported that HD Hyundai trialled a humanoid welding robot in an operating shipyard.
Interesting Engineering reported that a US robotics firm's humanoid robot is to be deployed for welding tasks in South Korean shipbuilding.