Koreans Get the Weekend Off
On July 1, South Korea's banks will close their doors on Saturdays, thereby making their employees the country's most envied workers. Almost all other Koreans--as well as workers in other countries from Israel to Mexico--still work a six-day week. Korea's labor unions are negotiating with employer groups to give a two-day weekend to the rest of the work force--a measure supported by the government, which may introduce legislation to make a shorter workweek mandatory. South Korea's plan to adopt a five-day workweek is seen as another sign that it is becoming a global economic player that...
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