○ [News Story] The Counterattack of Blue-Collar Workers... 2030s Fall in Love with Skilled Labor (Broadcasted on September 19, 2026)
Bang Yoon-jae (24), who majored in physical education in university and dreamed of becoming a teacher, has been learning field work as the youngest member of a carpentry team for a year. Having joined the carpentry team by beating a 300-to-1 competition ratio, Yoon-jae reportedly chose carpentry to survive with his own irreplaceable skills.
AI and robots are rapidly replacing human jobs. According to a Bank of Korea report, 94% of youth jobs that disappeared over the past four years occurred in industries with high exposure to AI. As office and professional jobs once preferred by young people as stable workplaces find it difficult to avoid the impact of AI, the criteria for a good job are changing.
Experts say that in order to properly foster not only large-core manufacturing jobs and certain high-allowance positions, but also blue-collar jobs, wage levels, working conditions, and safety must be reexamined.
(Reported by Lee Jong-hoon | Produced by Kim Da-yeon | Video by Ahn Min-shin | Produced by SBS Digital News)
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