Mayoral hopefuls' pledges for shorter workweek inspire interest, debate
Posted : 2021-02-23 22:38
Updated : 2021-02-24 18:55
Rep. Cho Jung-hun, right, leader of the liberal minor opposition party Transition Korea, and former SMEs and Startups Minister Park Young-sun, left, a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, attend a policy debate hosted by local pollster Realmeter for potential candidates running in the Seoul mayoral by-election, in its studio in Seoul, Monday, in this screenshot from Cho Jung-hun's Transition Seoul YouTube account. The two mayoral hopefuls both vowed to shorten the workweek as an election pledges. Yonhap
By Jung Da-min
Several Seoul mayoral hopefuls competing for the April 7 by-election have pledged to shorten the workweek to four or 4.5 days per week from the current five.