S. Korea leads world in proportion of people working more than 49 hours per week: report
Social affairsJul 15, 2018
Korea is ahead of leading economies in terms of the percentage of people putting in more than 49 hours per week at offices or factories, a report by the central bank showed Sunday.According to the Bank of Korea's Overseas Economic Focus publication, 32 percent of Korean workers coped with near 50 hour workweeks, far exceeding the 20.1 percent for Japan and 16.4 percent tallied for the United States.(Yonhap)"In effect, a third of all Korean workers can be classified as having excessive hours," th