NUMBER OF THE DAY

That’s how many new jobs were created in South Korea last month.

📈 Record month: South Korea posted its strongest job growth in 19 months, with 29.15 million people employed in September.

🧑‍🎓 Uneven distribution: While over-60s gained around 380,000 jobs, young workers (aged 15–29) lost 146,000 jobs, highlighting a deepening divide in the labor market.

🏭 Sector trend: Most new jobs came from services such as IT, healthcare, and retail, while manufacturing and construction continued to struggle.

👉 Watch: The surge in employment is a welcome signal for now, but with jobs shifting toward older workers, the outlook for youth remains tough — in a country facing one of the world’s lowest birth rates.

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