PBS News Weekend

Season 6, Episode 33 of 99

South Korea is among the countries leading the way in investing in industrial robots to power its manufacturing sector, with some large companies seeing robots as a cost-effective way to make their products and replace expensive human labor. But what could the expansion of this technology mean for the millions of workers who currently hold factory jobs? NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Karla Murthy traveled to South Korea to find out.

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10/22/2016
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