Koreans endure worlds longest commute at 108 minutes, causing serious health risks

Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. Korean workers now face the longest commute time in the world, averaging 108 minutes a day — a burden that experts warn has become a serious threat to public health, far beyond mere inconvenience. A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by researchers at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and McGill University found that Korea ranked first among 43 surveyed countries in commute duration. The global average commute was 68 minutes, and Morocco had the shortest at 48 minutes — less than half of Korea’s figure. Long commutes linked to obesity, hypertension, higher mortality Cho Soo-hyun, a family medicine professor at Chung-Ang University Hospital, said that long commuting hours reduce time for physical activity and socializing, and often lead to late dinners and poor sleep. “These factors can cause weight gain, reduced exercise capacity and hypertension,” she said. International research points to similar risks. A study from Washington University School of Medicine found that people with commut

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