Dying of Overwork in South Korea

A new study has shown that South Koreans are dying of Gwarosa (the Korean word for dying of over work.) The only other OECD country with a higher average work hours per week than South Korea is Mexico. This past July, the government of South Korea lowered the maximum work hours from 68 hours a week to 40 hours a works plus 12 hours paid of paid overtime. Even with the changes, Korean law does not acknowledge gwarosa and many companies do not keep formal records of employees work hours.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/04/asia/korea-working-hours-intl/index.html

By Cayleigh Price