Korea's public organizations hired some 22-thousand new employees in 2017,... their largest ever annual intake.<br />The move is part of the government's effort to tackle Korea's growing youth unemployment rate.<br />Park Ji-won has more.<br /> <br /> Over twenty-two thousand people were hired as full-time workers by Korea's public institutions and organizations last year,... up some 5 percent from the previous year. <br />It is the largest annual number of new employees hired by public institutions.<br />This figure excludes the annual intake of new civil servants who have pass Korea's civil service exams.<br />Korea Electric Power Corporation created the largest number of new jobs last year,... hiring some 15-hundred new recruits.<br />The National Health Insurance Service,... and Korea Railroad also hired more than a thousand new employees.<br />Seoul National University Hospital,... and Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service were also among the institutions with largest numbers of new hires last year.<br /> The move is part of the government's effort to address a deepening youth unemployment issue,... by creating quality new public sector jobs. <br /> The Moon administration is planning to hire more than 23-thousand new recruits at over three-hundred-twenty public institutions and organizations in 2018.<br />Park Ji-won, Arirang News. <br />
