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A widely circulated claim states that if 1.5 million office workers in Korea took a single day off at the same time, the economy could lose as much as 1.3 trillion won. The claim, which spread online alongside game-related news coverage, drew attention for the size of the estimated figure.
The figure circulated in connection with coverage by ET News, with an accompanying image credited to Rockstar Games. The claim spread as discussion grew over mass absences among office workers, with the estimate suggesting that lost productivity from 1.5 million employees staying away from work for one day would translate into roughly 1.3 trillion won in economic impact.
The exact calculation method behind the 1.3 trillion won figure — including the average daily output per worker used and the sectors covered — has not been clearly established. The definition of which workers count among the 1.5 million also remains unspecified, and the estimate's assumptions could not be fully traced to a single authoritative source.
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