South Korea workers need to make space for robots


Working together: A coffee shop employee puts cups of coffee into a delivery robot in Seoul. Automation and AI will change South Korea faster than other countries. —Bloomberg

SEOUL: South Koreans must learn how to work alongside machines if they want to thrive in a post-pandemic world where many jobs will be handled by artificial intelligence (AI) and robots, according to the country’s labour minister.

“Automation and AI will change South Korea faster than other countries, ” Minister of Employment and Labour Lee Jae-kap said in an interview.

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