While various companies and countries are studying shortening the working day, the South Korean government is proposing the opposite.

South Korea is known to be one of the countries where people become addicted to work, which puts their personal lives at risk.

Currently, the legal limit of weekly working time is 52 hours, but the Conservatives are proposing to increase it to 69 hours. they will make those who stay work harder.

In statements collected by the Daily mailthe Secretary of Labor indicated that this increase would give employees the opportunity to work more overtime in exchange for longer breaks.

This aims to change a 2018 law that limits work to 52 hours, of which 40 are regular work and 12 are extras.

South Korea is one of the countries to accumulate more working hours per year at 1,915, more than 120 compared to the United States, according to the OECD.

The Asian country also suffers from a low fertility rate, partly due to the lifestyle of the general population.