S. Korea's jobless rate jumps to 5 pct in Jan.

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's jobless rate jumped in January as
employment conditions remained frozen despite a faster-than-expected economic
recovery, a government report showed Wednesday.

The jobless rate stood at 5 percent last month, compared with 3.5 percent the
previous month, according to the report by Statistics Korea.
The number of employed people increased, however, standing at 22.87 million last
month, up 5,000 from a year earlier, the report showed.
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