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South Korea's jobless rate dips to 2.7% in September
France24 ^ | 10/16/2013 | AFP

Posted on 10/15/2013 8:33:42 PM PDT by TexGrill

AFP - South Korea's unemployment rate fell in September to a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent, led by new jobs in service industries, state data showed Wednesday.

The latest jobless rate compared with 3.0 percent reported in August and 2.9 percent in September of last year, Statistics Korea said.

The health and social welfare service sector added 172,000 jobs, up 12 percent from a year earlier, while the restaurant industry employed an extra 83,000 people, up 4.3 percent, over the same period.

The total number of employed people also rose by 463,000 to reach 25.46 million in September -- the biggest on-year gain for 12 months.

But the jobless rate among those fresh out of college -- aged 25 to 29 -- was higher at 7.7 percent, compared to 7.6 percent in August and 6.7 percent a year ago.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Science; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: southkoreaeconomy
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1 posted on 10/15/2013 8:33:43 PM PDT by TexGrill
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To: TexGrill

Meanwhile America’s unemployment rate is about 3 times that.

And we import.

We need to bring back American industry. Now.


2 posted on 10/15/2013 8:35:32 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Wonder how much we are still sending to them?

Pray America is Waking Up


3 posted on 10/15/2013 10:11:36 PM PDT by bray (Coming Jan 2014: The Republic of Texas 2022)
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To: TexGrill; KC_Lion

how shocking

heh

its all those kpop bands!


4 posted on 10/15/2013 10:21:26 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

we still send aid to China which does not count as debt payments!!


5 posted on 10/15/2013 10:22:25 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

China’s unemployment rate is lower than ours.

Further their government is becoming anti-US.

Our debt is 17 trillion dollars.

BRING BACK US INDUSTRY.


6 posted on 10/16/2013 5:59:04 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

nobody is stopping you from building industry here, except taxes, regulations and stuff


7 posted on 10/16/2013 6:11:56 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

I would state our government is at least partially at fault, for not taxing imports.

We are really, really being stupid.


8 posted on 10/16/2013 6:15:27 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Our government is fully responsible for driving away the businesses in the first place


9 posted on 10/16/2013 6:16:30 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

Well obviously there’s something we agree on.

This is becoming more important, by the day.

What do we do?

The current situation is handing the future to communists in China.

With a population 4 or 5 times our own, that matters a great deal.

This is not something to mess around with, or make jokes about.

We need to bring back American businesses somehow.

Soon.


10 posted on 10/16/2013 6:21:07 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

We need to kill North Korea’s leader, and hire South Korea’s.


11 posted on 10/16/2013 10:57:45 PM PDT by tdscpa
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To: tdscpa

yes...it was treachery to not bomb the hell out of the Chinese and win back all of Korea. Truman blew it big time.


12 posted on 10/16/2013 11:03:20 PM PDT by fabian (" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo in laughter")
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