South Korea July jobless rate falls for a second month

  • 8/11/2021
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea’s unemployment rate fell in July for a second month even as the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic worsened during the summer. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to a one-year low of 3.3% from 3.7% in June, government data showed on Wednesday, while 542,000 jobs were added. Reporting by Cynthia Kim, Jihoon Lee; Editing by Christian Schmollinger Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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