(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Oul june 11 (qna) - south korea's jobless rate dropped in may from a month earlier but job creation slowed for the third straight month raising concerns that employment conditions remain tough for many job seekers south korea's news (yonhap) reported wednesday.
according to the report by statistics korea the jobless rate stood at 3.6 percent last month down from 3.9 percent tallied in april.
the seasonally adjusted jobless rate however remained unchanged at 3.7 percent.
the number of employed people came to 25.81 million in may up 413000 from a year earlier.
this marked the third straight month that the job growth has slowed since february when the on-year increase was 835000 the report showed. (qna)
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