South Korea had 29,266,000 people in employment in September, 113,000 more than a year earlier, according to employment data released on 16 October by the National Data Agency.
The employment rate for people aged 15 to 64 rose 0.2 points to 70.6%, while the unemployment rate fell 0.1 points to 2.0%. The number of unemployed fell by 34,000 to 600,000.
The biggest growth came in health and social welfare, with 207,000 more jobs, followed by transport and warehousing (54,000 more) and finance and insurance (32,000 more).
