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order to reduce the impact of employment caused by Corona 19, the government started to expand jobs in the public sector. The government has decided to expand government-financed jobs, including jobs for the elderly, which have been suspended, and to resume the hiring process of public officials and public institutions.

Reporter Hwagang Yoon reports.

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government's direct jobs to support the vulnerable were planned to recruit 945,000 people this year, but the spread of Corona19 was not successful.

Only 333,000 people, or 35% of the plans, participated in the project, and the remaining 612,000 were still unemployed or even on leave.

The government first said it would implement all of this government job project as planned.

Because of the risk of spreading the infection, 445,000 jobs that were suspended will be returned to outdoor or online activities and immediately resumed.

[Kim Yong-beom / Ministry of Strategy and Finance, First Vice Minister: The private sector's autonomous ability to create jobs has been greatly reduced. So, in this situation, it is inevitable that jobs in the public sector are inevitable, and this is the government's natural responsibility.] In

addition, we decided to rush to plan to add 550,000 digital government-sponsored jobs.

The recruitment process for public officials and public institutions, which had stopped at Corona 19, is expected to normalize again from this month, and plans to recruit 48,000 more people this year.