Taking time off
Published: 23 Jun. 2024, 18:13
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- SHIN HA-NEE
- shin.hanee@joongang.co.kr
![A shopper reads a book near a bookshelf in the job hunting and career section at a bookstore in Seoul on Sunday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/06/23/6012bc55-f056-4c7d-b5ea-7a874562f701.jpg)
A shopper reads a book near a bookshelf in the job hunting and career section at a bookstore in Seoul on Sunday. [YONHAP]
A shopper reads a book near a bookshelf in the job hunting and career section at a bookstore in Seoul on Sunday.
The number of young people aged between 15 and 29 who said that they were neither working nor actively seeking a job grew in May, marking the first on-year increase in nine months, according to the latest data from Statistics Korea. The figure rose 13,000 last month from the same period a year earlier, bringing the total to 398,000. The May figure is the second-highest number ever, following 462,000 logged in 2020.
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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