View over busy Gangnam district at dusk. Seoul. South Korea.
Most office buildings in Seoul are full again thanks to white-collar workers returning to the office.
  • A report says the South Korean capital has the strongest office-real-estate sector in the world.
  • Some have chalked it up to reluctance to accept remote work after pandemic restrictions eased. 
  • In the US, office vacancies are at a 30-year high as working from home has remained popular.

The debate over whether companies should allow flexible work-from-home arrangements versus mandating their employees to return to the office continues to divide the US workforce.