[Photo] Job Seeker Consulting About Unemployment Benefits

On the 12th, job seekers visiting the Seoul Western Employment Welfare Plus Center in Mapo-gu, Seoul, received consultations on unemployment benefits and employment. According to the 'July Employment Trends' announced by Statistics Korea on the same day, the number of employed people last month was 27,106,000, a decrease of 277,000 compared to a year earlier. This marks the fifth consecutive month of decline, the longest streak in 11 years since the global financial crisis caused an eight-month consecutive decrease from January to August 2009./Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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