SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s on-year employment growth accelerated for the second consecutive month in September, but jobs in the manufacturing sector fell by the most in five months amid an economic slowdown, data showed Friday. The number of employed people came to 28.69 million last month, up around 309,000 from a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s on-year job growth slowed for the fourth consecutive month in July, with the fewest number of jobs being added in 29 months, data showed Wednesday, amid sluggish employment in the manufacturing and construction sectors. The number of employed people came to 28.68 million in July, up around [...]
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, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent sharp job growth in South Korea was mostly driven by increased employment among youngsters and senior citizens, a central bank report said Thursday. “The economically-active population has exceeded pre-pandemic levels,” the Bank of Korea (BOK) said in the report. “In particular, increased labor supplies by youths and [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported job additions for the 16th consecutive month in June, but the pace of job growth slowed from a month earlier amid heightened economic uncertainty, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 28.49 million last month, up 841,000 from a year earlier, according to [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported job additions for the 15th consecutive month in May as economic recovery momentum has been extended despite heightened global uncertainty, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 28.49 million last month, up 935,000 from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by [...]
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, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported the largest job growth in more than seven years in September in the latest sign that the country’s job recovery has continued despite the fourth wave of the pandemic, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people reached 27.68 million last month, 671,000 more than a [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported the largest job growth in almost seven years in April in the latest sign that the job market is recovering from a yearlong slump caused by the pandemic, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people reached 27.2 million last month, 652,000 more than a year [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea faces the task of setting next year’s minimum wage at an optimal level that can be more acceptable to divergent groups amid criticism that steep hikes in the hourly pay have weighed on job growth, experts say. The Minimum Wage Council, involving business and labor representatives and [...]