[Graphic News] Young Koreans in their 20s giving up on employment

“Recent analyses show that about 1 in 5 discouraged job seekers are in their 20s, pointing to a growing number of young people abandoning the job search even before entering the labor market. According to microdata from Statistics Korea, 73,407 individuals in their 20s were classified as discouraged from job seeking as of March, accounting for 20.7 percent of the total 354,000. This marks the largest share among all age groups, exceeding those in their 30s (58,653), 40s (50,704), 50s (45,760) and

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