Korea adds 139,000 jobs in October, above 100,000 for 4th month
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, compared with 29.04 million a year earlier, according to data from the Ministry of Data and Statistics. Job growth turned positive in June after declining by 40,000 in…
The Korea Times reports that Korea added 139,000 jobs in October, marking the fourth consecutive month of job growth exceeding 100,000. The employment rate for people aged 15 to 64 reached 70.4%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from the previous year. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 2%, with the number of unemployed people dropping to 602,000 from 658,000 in October 2025.
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