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  "id": 9253265,
  "title": "Naver's metaverse affiliate stages walkout, 2nd collective action this year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/navers-metaverse-affiliate-stages-walkout-2nd-collective-action-this-9253265",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T03:12:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260923/navers-metaverse-affiliate-stages-walkout-2nd-collective-action-this-year"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Unionized employees at Naver Z Corp., the metaverse subsidiary of Korea's Naver Corp., went on strike on Wednesday, marking their second collective action this year over the company's decision to freeze wages. Approximately 70% of the union's members, roughly 120 individuals, protested outside the headquarters of its parent company in Seongnam, located south of Seoul. This is the second such industrial action within Naver Z, following a 4-hour partial strike earlier this month. The union argues that Naver Z is the second company in Korea's portal service industry to resort to industrial action, after Kakao Corp., a messenger app operator, held multiple walkouts in June.",
  "summary": "Unionized workers at Naver Z Corp., the metaverse affiliate of Korea's Naver Corp., staged a walkout on Wednesday, its second collective action this year against the company's decision to freeze wages. Some 70 percent of the union's members, or around 120 people, picketed in front of its parent company's headquarters in Seongnam, south of Seoul, the portal operator's affiliate-wide labor union…",
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        "title": "Naver's metaverse affiliate stages walkout, 2nd collective action this year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/navers-metaverse-affiliate-stages-walkout-2nd-collective-action-this",
        "published": "2026-09-23T02:23:35.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Naver's metaverse affiliate stages walkout, 2nd collective action this year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/navers-metaverse-affiliate-stages-walkout-2nd-collective-action-this-9256383",
        "published": "2026-09-23T03:32:03.000Z"
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