S. Korea's December jobless rate reaches 2.9%, slightly up from previous month

By Park Sae-jin Posted : April 26, 2013, 10:05 Updated : April 26, 2013, 10:05

South Korea's jobless rate stood at 2.9 percent in December, up 0.1 percentage point from the previous month's 2.8 percent, the country's statistics office announced on Jan. 9.

Statistics Korea said in a report that the jobless rate has been in the 2-percent range since September.

However, the office said, job growth slowed down, an indication that the tough labor market conditions remain unchanged.

Park Sae-jin swatchsjp@ajunews.com