South Korea’s jobless claims fell last month, marking the first slide last year, labor ministry data showed Monday.
The number of new applicants for job-seeking benefits stood at 93,000 in December, down 6.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
The number rebounded in January last year on rising worry about an economic slowdown, but turned downward for the first time in 12 months last month. The benefit applicants reduced in the public administration and the wholesale and retail industries, but those in the information and communication and the health and social welfare sectors gained last month.—APP
