So South Korea's finance minister Hong Nam-ki is calling for an extra push in the first half of this year to create more jobs.<br />At a meeting of economy-related ministers on Wednesday,.... Hong said,.... the government will focus on revitalizing private investment and the service industry to spur job creation.<br />He added,... the government will also push to improve employment conditions especially for young people, women and the elderly.<br />As for industries suffering from the employment crisis, the government plans to provide them with more support... while trying to solve the job mismatch problem affecting small and medium businesses.<br />The government aims add 1-hundred-50-thousand new jobs in 2019. <br />
