work culture

Korean IT companies and startups are increasingly combining partial remote work with flexible starting times and selective working-hour arrangements, according to 2026 workplace trend coverage, even as fully remote work, …

Support for a four-day workweek among Korean employees has climbed to 63.2 percent, according to recent workplace surveys, with approval running especially high among full-time workers, women and, most notably, …

Amid widespread reports of workplace burnout among Korean employees, survey data on recovery strategies offers a notably clear signal about what actually works: 47.9% of workers who experienced burnout identified …

As Korean companies grapple with high reported rates of employee burnout, workplace researchers have zeroed in on a specific, well-documented contributor: meeting overload — an excess of scheduled meetings that …

A government-backed flexible work program that lets parents of young children start their workday at 10 a.m. instead of the standard 9 a.m. has drawn steadily growing participation since its …

The after-hours text from a boss asking for “just one quick thing” may soon carry legal weight in South Korea — for employees, not against them. The Ministry of Employment …

Starting this year, small and midsized companies in South Korea have a new financial incentive to give their employees a half-day off: cash from the government. Since January, the Ministry …

By one measure, the Korean workplace got a little less stressful last year. By the measure employers tend to care about most, it didn’t get any better — and the …

It’s late evening, and a PR team leader sends a KakaoTalk message to two team members who’ve already left the office: double-check the numbers before tomorrow’s press release goes out. …

President Lee Jae Myung campaigned on cutting Korea’s statutory workweek from 40 hours to 36, without a pay cut, with an eventual goal of a 4-day, 32-hour week. The stated …