{
  "id": 16407433,
  "title": "Korea's temporary jobs fall to 31-year Q3 low",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/koreas-temporary-jobs-fall-to-31-year-q3-low",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T01:37:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/20261025/koreas-temporary-jobs-fall-to-31-year-q3-low"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that temporary and daily workers in South Korea have reached a 31-year low in the third quarter, driven by a prolonged construction slump. The combined figure dropped by 95,000 from a year earlier to 5.73 million, with daily workers seeing the steepest decline. The number of daily workers fell by 38,000 to a record third-quarter low of 833,000, with construction workers accounting for 74.6 percent of the overall drop. The accommodation and food services sector recorded the largest decline in temporary workers, down 30,000.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korea's temporary jobs fall to 31-year Q3 low",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/s-koreas-temporary-jobs-fall-to-31-year-q3-low",
        "published": "2026-10-25T00:50:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}