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[Monitor] Koreans continue to overwork

By Korea Herald
Published : Aug. 15, 2017 - 16:39


Although the proportion has continued to decline, 1 in 5 of those employed in South Korea work at least 54 hours a week, data from Statistics Korea showed.

Average weekly working hours have been falling since the introduction of the five-day workweek in 2004, but the decline rate has become stagnant since the system was fully adopted in 2010.

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