South Korea jobless rate falls in August to record low

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SEOUL : South Korea's unemployment rate fell in August to a record low of 2.4 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis, from 2.5 per cent in July, official data showed on Wednesday.

It was the lowest since the data series began in June 1999, according to Statistics Korea.

FILE PHOTO: A woman looks at recruiting information during a job fair in Seoul, South Korea, April 12, 2017.

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