Seoul: South Korea added nearly 200,000 jobs in April, marking the fourth straight month of job growth, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people reached 28.89 million last month, up 194,000 from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.
According to Yonhap News Agency, April's data highlight a continued upward trend in employment following a brief contraction at the end of 2024, when the country experienced a net loss of 52,000 positions in December. Since then, the trend has reversed, with a net increase of 135,000 jobs in January, 136,000 in February, and 193,000 in March.
Additionally, the employment rate for people aged 15 to 64 years increased by 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier to 69.9 percent in April. The jobless rate edged down by 0.1 percentage points to 2.9 percent, as indicated by the data.