{"id":15281,"date":"2026-11-10T23:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=15281"},"modified":"2026-11-10T23:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:30:06","slug":"korea-adds-139000-jobs-in-october-above-100000-for-4th-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=15281","title":{"rendered":"Korea adds 139,000 jobs in October, above 100,000 for 4th month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Job seekers fill out resumes at a job fair in the southeastern port city of Busan, Tuesday. Yonhap<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Korea added 139,000 jobs in October from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday, with job growth exceeding the 100,000 mark for the fourth consecutive month.<\/p>\n

The number of employed people came to 29.17 million in October, compared with 29.04 million a year earlier, according to data from the Ministry of Data and Statistics.<\/p>\n

Job growth turned positive in June after declining by 40,000 in May, the first drop in 17 months.<\/p>\n

The country’s jobless rate came to 2 percent last month, down 0.2 percentage point from a year earlier.<\/p>\n

The number of unemployed people totaled 602,000 in October, down 56,000 from the same month in 2025.<\/p>\n

The employment rate for people aged 15 to 64 came to 70.4 percent, up 0.3 percentage point from a year earlier.<\/p>\n

The figure for those aged 15 to 29, on the other hand, fell 1.7 percentage points to 42.9 percent.<\/p>\n

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Job seekers fill out resumes at a job fair in the southeastern port city of Busan, Tuesday. Yonhap Korea added 139,000 jobs in October from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday, with job growth exceeding the 100,000 mark for the fourth consecutive month. The number of employed people came to 29.17 million in October,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-korea"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t