Should Korea loosen its 52-hour workweek for chipmakers?

A debate over whether South Korea should loosen its 52-hour workweek for the semiconductor industry is intensifying as the government pushes a major chip project in the country’s southwest. At the center of the debate is a striking gap between calls for greater flexibility from parts of the business community and the government, as well as the limited use by major chipmakers of an existing scheme that already allows them to exceed the 52-hour limit. According to Rep. Lee Yong-woo of the ruling D