Number of long-term jobless in South Korea hit 18-year high in H1

6개월 이상 장기실업자 14만 4천명, 외환위기 극복 후 최대 The number of long-term unemployed people in South Korea during the first half of this year hit a 18-year high. Data released by Statistics Korea on Saturday shows the monthly average stood at 144-thousand,... 17-thousand more than the same period last year. The long-term unemployed refers to people who have been searching for a job more than six months. Those who fail to land a job after months of trying tend to give up altogether. The monthly average of those giving up on finding work reached some half-a-million,... the highest since 2014,... when related figures were first recorded under the same criteria as now. Arirang News Facebook:   / arirangtvnews   ------------------------------------------------------------ [Subscribe Arirang Official YouTube] ARIRANG TV:    / arirang   ARIRANG RADIO:    / music180arirang   ARIRANG NEWS:    / arirangnews   ARIRANG K-POP:    / arirangworld   ARIRANG ISSUE:    / arirangtoday   ARIRANG CULTURE:    / arirangkorean   ARIRANG FOOD & TRAVEL :    / arirangfoodtravel   ------------------------------------------------------------ [Visit Arirang TV Official Pages] Facebook:   / arirangtv   Twitter:   / arirangworld   Instagram:   / arirangworld   Homepage: http://www.arirang.com ------------------------------------------------------------ [Arirang K-Pop] YouTube:    / arirangworld   Facebook:   / arirangkpop   Google+: http://plus.google.com/+arirangworld