According to last month's employment trend released by the National Statistical Office, the number of employees employed last month increased 29,90,000 from the same month last year, the largest increase in one year and six months.

The employment rate for those aged 15 to 15 was 61.5%, 0.2 percentage points higher than a year ago, while the employment rate for 15-64 years old was 67.1%, and the employment rate for young people aged 15-29 was 0.5% points.

In addition, the number of unemployed people increased last month, with the number of unemployed people last month rising to 1097,000, up 58,000 from a year ago, and the unemployment rate rising to 3.9% by 0.2 percentage point from a year ago, after 4.0% in July 2000. It was the highest in 19 years.

Chung Dong-wook, the head of employment statistics at the National Statistical Office, said, "The unemployment rate is that jobs are open to jobs. A lot. "