[Photo] Continuous Flow of Unemployment Benefit Applications

On the 12th, job seekers continued to visit the Seoul Western Employment Welfare Plus Center in Mapo-gu, Seoul. 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 eight consecutive months of decline from January to August 2009 during the aftermath of the global financial crisis. / Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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