South Korea's unemployment rate reached 3-point-9 percent in July, despite the creation of nearly 300-thousand new jobs.<br />Statistics Korea says on Wednesday, the number of unemployed people last month was around 1-point-1 million,... up almost 60-thousand from a year ago.<br />That figure also marks the highest level of unemployment for July in 19 years.<br />The unemployment rate was especially high for people in their 20s and over 60s.<br />Statistics Korea said the reason the newly created jobs aren't leading to a fall in the unemployment rate is because of more over-60s re-entering the workforce.<br />
