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South Korea's March unemployment rate falls to historic low of 50.4%, driven
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South Korea's unemployment rate has dropped sharply in March, falling from 52% last month down by more than half a percentage point since the first two weeks of this year alone saw record job creation with over one million new hires reported across various sectors including manufacturing and services as confirmed by official data released at midnight on Wednesday.
Key Points
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1The March survey shows that approximately half of South Koreans aged between one and twenty years old have experienced a pandemic-related infection.
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2Data from the same period indicates roughly 53% or more individuals in this age group are currently recovering after contracting COVID-19, with recovery rates rising significantly compared to previous months.
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The number of people who have received the vaccine is now 5,340 million.
— (Seoul.co.kr)Among those aged between one and twenty years old in Korea today are five thousand three hundred forty millions vaccinated individuals (up from zero).
— (News.sbs.co.kr)