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Last month, the number of people employed decreased by nearly 200,000. Even though he is a employed person, the number of people who took a break from work increased by 1.26 million. Perhaps Corona's influence is the greatest. This is a problem even for those who do economic activities, but those who do not work are more serious. Especially in the 20s. There has been a noticeable increase in the number of people who just took a break without even being able to find work.

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Last month, the number of non-economically active people, who were neither employed nor unemployed, increased by 516,000.

Among them, the number of people who just “rested” without specific reasons, such as parenting, housework, attending school, and attending a school, increased by 366,000 people a year ago.

This is the largest since 2003 statistics.

In addition to the increase in temporary leave, classified as employed, more than 1.6 million last month were voluntarily or involuntarily excluded from the job.

The problem is that there were 412,000 people in their 20s saying 'rest', a 35.8% increase from a year ago.

[Dong Wook Jung / Director of Employment Statistics, Statistics Korea: Job search (employment statistics) can lead to unemployment. Because it is a situation where you need to avoid some face-to-face contact ... .] A

young man in his twenties left the labor market without being able to find a job.

If employment conditions don't improve, your 20s are likely to remain outside the labor market or reclassify as unemployed.

[Seong Tae-yoon / Professor, Department of Economics, Yonsei University: The 'virtually unemployed' is increasing mainly among the most vulnerable young people in the labor market. You can.]

Although you have the ability and willingness to work, the number of job seekers who failed to find work for involuntary reasons, such as the labor market situation, rose 44,000 last month, the most increase in 13 months.

(Video editing: Hwan-hee Won, CG: Yu-ra Kang)