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Hyundai Motor’s Korean union warns of humanoid robot plan, sees threat to jobs

  • Hyundai Motor's labour union in South Korea warned the automaker on Thursday against deploying humanoid robots
Published January 22, 2026 Updated January 22, 2026 11:59am
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SEOUL: Hyundai Motor’s labour union in South Korea warned the automaker on Thursday against deploying humanoid robots without union approval, saying the robots would bring “employment shocks.”

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