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In the aftermath of Corona19, the number of jobs for people decreased, and the number of employed people decreased last month by over 390,000. The unemployment rate has been the highest since 1999 when statistics were started.

This is reporter Park Chan-geun.

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number of employed workers last month was 269.3 million, a decrease of 392,000 compared to the same month last year.

In March and April, the number decreased by 195,000 and 476,000, respectively, and the decline continued for the third month.

The number of unemployment decreases for the third consecutive month is the first time since the decline in four consecutive months since October 2009, when the financial crisis continued.

[Dong Wook Jung/Director of Employment Statistics, Statistics Korea: As in April, the decline has been continuing mainly in the face-to-face service industry.]

Corona 19 shocks continue to decrease jobs in service sectors such as lodging companies, restaurants, and education-related industries. The government explained.

The unemployment rate has soared to its highest level since 1999.

The unemployment rate last month was 4.5%, up 0.5 percentage points from last year.

The total number of unemployed people was also 12,800, an increase of 133,000 from last year.

In particular, the number of youth employed, which means between the ages of 15 and 29, fell by 183,000, and the youth employment rate fell by 1.4 percentage points to 42.2%.

The size of the economically active population was 2,820,9,000, down by 259,000 from the same period last year.