SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported job additions for the 17th straight month in July, but the pace of job growth slowed from the previous month amid heightened economic uncertainty, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 28.48 million last month, up 826,000 from a year earlier, according to [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported job additions for the 14th consecutive month in April as economic recovery momentum has been extended despite heightened global uncertainty, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 28.08 million last month, up 865,000 from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of employed people in South Korea increased by more than 1 million on-year for the second straight month in February due to a low base effect and the economic recovery, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 27.4 million last month, up 1.04 million [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported job additions for the ninth straight month in November amid the economic recovery, but employments in in-person service sectors still remained under strain amid the latest upsurge in COVID-19 cases, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people reached 27.79 million last month, 553,000 more than [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported job additions for the eighth straight month in October in the latest sign the country’s economic recovery has continued despite the fourth wave of the pandemic, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people reached 27.74 million last month, 652,000 more than a year earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported job additions for the sixth straight month in August, but the growth pace slowed as employment at in-person service sectors was hit by the fourth wave of the pandemic, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people reached 27.6 million last month, 518,000 more than a [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported the first job additions in 13 months in March in the latest sign that the job market is recovering after a yearlong slump caused by the pandemic, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people reached 26.9 million last month, 314,000 more than a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans who were employed last year but took temporary leave due to a lack of work resulting from sluggish business or suspended operations reached an all-time high last year. According to data released by the Statistics Korea, the number of employed people who took temporary [...]