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Yesterday's (conservative)JoongAng Ilbo reported the following: Employees at Shinsegae Group will only work 35 hours a week starting next year, five hours less than they currently work, but their salaries will remain the same. Korea’s leading retail giant announced Friday that it will implement a 9-to-5 working hour system starting from January. It is the first Korean conglomerate to reduce the working week to 35 hours. Currently, standard working weeks are 40 hours [...] Roughly 50,000 employees and executives at 12 of Shinsegae’s affiliates will be affected by the new system from the start of next year...(more you can read here)

Today's ('progressive')Hankyoreh mentioned that the company is the first in South Korea to cut working hours while maintaining wage levels [...] Shinsegae’s announcement is groundbreaking...(more detailed info you'll get here)