S. Korea's unemployment payouts hit new record in May
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A record of 830 million U.S. dollars were paid out in unemployment benefits in South Korea last month as the COVID-19 pandemic slammed the job market.
Data from Seoul's labor ministry shows... allowances paid to jobseekers in May were up 34 percent on-year... and the number of people who received the payment was also up just about that much reaching an all-time high of 678-thousand.
A record of 830 million U.S. dollars were paid out in unemployment benefits in South Korea last month as the COVID-19 pandemic slammed the job market.
Data from Seoul's labor ministry shows... allowances paid to jobseekers in May were up 34 percent on-year... and the number of people who received the payment was also up just about that much reaching an all-time high of 678-thousand.