Additional 100,000 jobs in three months


Decent figures: People crossing a road in Seoul during a prolonged heatwave. This is the first time in three months that the monthly job additions has bounced back to over 100,000. — AFP

SEOUL: South Korea has added more than 100,000 jobs for the first time in three months in July, but jobs in the construction sector fell by the most in 11 years amid a slowdown in the industry, according to data yesterday.

The number of employed people came to 28.86 million last month, up 172,000 from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.

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