A survey shows that 94 percent of South Korean company employees have smartphones, the highest rate among major countries.
 
In the survey on eight-thousand-556 employees across 25 countries conducted by online travel agency Expedia, Mexico came in second with the rate of 92 percent, trailed by Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. Japan was found to have the lowest smartphone penetration rate at 51 percent.
 
Ninety-one percent of South Korean workers bring smartphones when going on overseas business trips, the highest rate among the 24 countries.
 
When going on trips, 94 percent of South Koreans never forget to bring one of their mobile devices, marking another highest rate among the countries surveyed.