Workers at Kakao Corp. (the operator of South Korea's dominant messaging platform, KakaoTalk) and four of its affiliates — Kakao Pay, Kakao Enterprise, DK Techin, and XL Games — have voted in favour of strike action after wage negotiations with management collapsed. The union had sought performance-based incentives equivalent to roughly 13–14% of the company's operating profit, but mediation attempts with the Gyeonggi Regional Labor Relations Commission broke down for the affiliates, while proceedings involving Kakao's headquarters were postponed to May 27. The development reflects a wider wave of labour unrest in South Korea's tech sector, with Samsung Electronics' largest union simultaneously announcing an 18-day strike over similar demands for performance-linked pay.