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[Monitor] Remote working at public entities rises 22-fold

By Korea Herald

Published : June 5, 2020 - 11:01

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With the coronavirus pandemic forcing social distancing, the number of employees at public entities who worked from home in the first quarter this year reached 31,148, data by state portal service Alio showed.

It is nearly 22 times more than 1,408 tallied for the whole of last year.

There are some 418,000 working at the surveyed state-run companies and organizations.

(khnews@heraldcorp.com)

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