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NUMBER OF DISCOURAGED WORKERS IN SOUTH KOREA HITS NEW HIGH

Asia's fourth-largest economy had 628,000 discouraged workers, the largest tally
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The increase in the number of discouraged workers is widely seen as resulting
from the flaccid labour market because of the fallout from the unabated health
crisis.Seoul: The number of discouraged workers in South Korea touched a fresh
all-time high in 2021 due to a weak job market amid the prolonged Covid-19
pandemic, government data showed on Monday.

Asia's fourth-largest economy had 628,000 discouraged workers, the largest tally
since related data tracking began in 2014, according to data from Statistics
Korea.

Discouraged workers refer to those who are currently unemployed and have not
sought to find jobs in the last four weeks due to no suitable job options or
other reasons, though they are eligible for employment and are willing to work,
with the experience of having looked for jobs in the past year, reports Yonhap
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The increase in the number of discouraged workers is widely seen as resulting
from the flaccid labour market because of the fallout from the unabated health
crisis.

The data also showed the number of unemployed South Koreans who sought to find
jobs for six months or longer standing at 128,000 last year, up 8.1 per cent
from 2020 and switching to an upturn in three years.

Long-term unemployed Koreans in their 20s and 30s numbered 65,000, accounting
for slightly more than half the total.

The hike in the number of discouraged workers and long-term unemployed people
came despite South Korea's headline jobless rate fell to 3.7 per cent in 2021
from 4 per cent a year earlier, with the number of unemploted people falling by
71,000 to 1.04 million.



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The statement also said that the Vertex Group is furthering their venture by
announcing Dr Asif Iqbal, Director General of the Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce
and President of IETO, as the Chief Advisor.According to a statement the Vertex
Group, world's 19th most innovative company, has announced that it is expanding
as ‘Vertex Next’ in its Middle East chapter. It will provide comprehensive
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on various industries such as IT, education, and research along with quality
corporate training across IT, finance, leadership and HR functions to deliver
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Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce and President of IETO, as the Chief Advisor.

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working with the team who has grown to 6 countries in just 5 years with 1000+
people."


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