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Naver Z union launches 4-hour strike over wage freeze, warns of one-day walkout on Sept. 23

A labour union at Naver Z, the operator of metaverse platform Zepeto, will begin a four-hour partial strike on Sept. 9 after wage talks broke down. The union is seeking a 5.3 percent annual salary increase for 2026, disclosure of related information and a labour-management discussion attended by CEO Kim Chang-wook. It said there was no proposal to resume talks and warned it could escalate to a one-day strike on Sept. 23.

Industry

AI makes up 95 percent of China\'s short-form dramas, raising job pressure on actors and crews

AI is rapidly replacing actors and production staff in China’s short-form content market, with most popular Douyin animations and dramas now AI-made and production times cut to 1 to 2 days. DataEye counted 89 AI-made titles among Douyin’s top 100 in May 2026, while more than 95 percent of short-form dramas released in China in the first quarter were AI-generated. Industry workers report fewer jobs and lower pay as AI replicas emerge.

AI & Enterprise

GS Retail fined 12.8 billion won over personal data leak affecting 79,128 people

South Korea\'s Personal Information Protection Commission said it imposed a total of 12.95 billion won in penalties and 10.2 million won in fines on GS Retail and three other operators for violating privacy rules. It also ordered corrective measures to prevent recurrence and voted to publish the results on the operators\' websites. The commission said inadequate security measures led to data leaks across the operators\' systems.