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Nvidia's CEO exit, Naver's margin squeeze, and an AI-driven shift at Hancom are reshaping what junior professionals in Korea are paid for.
Today's top stories point to a common pattern: AI investment is rewriting which skills earn value, while cost pressure and labor disputes are tightening pay and staffing decisions. We break down what early-career employees should watch in their companies' next budget and policy moves.

Sources:
- Airport Railroad Union Plans Warning Strike, Final Talks Under Way — Seoul Economic Daily, November 12, 2026
- Nvidia's Jensen Huang Steps Down Amid Scandal — Seoul Economic Daily, November 13, 2026
- Multicampus Data Leak Affects About 70,000 Customers — Seoul Economic Daily, November 12, 2026
- Naver Bets on AI Factory, Agents and Logistics as Growth Engines — Seoul Economic Daily, November 12, 2026
- Hancom's AI Revenue Share Tops 30% as Nomadian Pushes into North America — Seoul Economic Daily, November 12, 2026

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00:00Your next salary review might depend on more than your own performance this year.
00:04Here's why. It's Friday, November 13th. Let's talk about a trend affecting young professionals
00:09in Korea. Korea's biggest tech company is restructuring at the top. NVIDIA's Jensen
00:15Huang stepped down as CEO on November 12th after an affair scandal surfaced. For junior staff,
00:21the lesson is simple. When leadership shifts overnight, the policies that touch your pay
00:26and workload can shift with it. Here's what the numbers show. Naver posted third quarter revenue
00:31of 3.47 trillion one, up 10.7%. Operating profit fell 20.9% to 451.3 billion one. Platform
00:41margin
00:42dropped 9.7 percentage points, and management says a recovery to 30% won't come quickly.
00:48Cost pressure is now the norm, not the exception. Hancom's AI revenue share jumped from 13.7%
00:55in the first half to 30.7% in the third quarter. Its operating profit slid 25.5%.
01:02Companies are moving headcount and budget toward AI, and that changes which skills get rewarded.
01:08Meanwhile, Samsung affiliate Multicampus disclosed a leak of personal data for about 70,000 customers.
01:15Employee names, phone numbers, emails, and employee IDs were exposed. Corporate data handling is becoming
01:21a career-level issue, not just an IT one. And at the airport railroad, a union strike set for November
01:2713th could cut train operations to 69 to 75% of normal, with commuter hour service largely protected.
01:35The dispute centers on junior-grade wage increases and staffing levels. Labor action like this is a
01:41signal that junior pay and workload are now active bargaining issues across sectors.
01:46So what does this mean for early career professionals in Korea? Earlier, we said your next salary review
01:51might depend on more than your own performance this year. Here's what that actually means for you.
01:56Your market value now depends on AI-linked skills, data handling discipline, and how well you understand
02:03the cost and staffing pressures your employer faces. Watch your company's next AI investment
02:08announcement and any change to junior-level pay policy. Those are your first signals.
02:13What to watch. Your company's next budget and policy moves. That's today's AI Prism.
02:19Early careers. This episode was produced with AI assistance based on Seoul Economic Daily reporting.
02:26AI Prism is a Juan IFRA award-winning series. We'll be back tomorrow.

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