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New Employment of 30-somethings in Public Sector Falls despite Age Limit Lifting

SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people in their 30s who were newly employed in the public sector fell in 2016 from the previous year, government data showed Monday, despite the government and state-run companies lifting the age limit for new recruits. The figure fell 13.8 percent to 63,000 in 2016 from [...]

S. Korea’s Public Jobs Account for 8.9 Pct of Labor Market in 2016

SEJONG, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Jobs offered by government agencies and state-funded corporations accounted for less than 10 percent of the country’s labor market in 2016, government data showed Tuesday, amid President Moon Jae-in’s call for expanding public employment. A total of 2.36 million people were employed in 2016 by the public sector, including [...]