지난달 실업급여 지급액 1조2천억원…또 '역대 최대' 기록<br /><br />South Korea paid out a record amount of unemployment benefits last month at around 1 billion dollars.<br />It's still tough for local job seekers, but it looks like there's been a recovery in the service sector to a certain degree.<br />Eum Ji-young has the details.<br />South Korea's unemployment payouts hit an all-time high in July.<br />According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the government in July paid out roughly 1 billion U.S. dollars in unemployment benefits,… up a whopping 56-point-6 percent compared to a year earlier.<br />This broke the previous record set just the month before of roughly 935 million dollars.<br />The amount of unemployment paid has set a new record every month this year since February.<br />But the data do show some signs of a recovery.<br />The number of people working and paying into the employment insurance system last month meaning they're employed was around 13-point-9 million people,… a net increase of more than 185-thousand on-year.<br />"By industry, the recovery is largely focused on the service industry... where the number of subscriptions was up 237-thousand on year and has continued to increase for three straight months.<br />Within the service industry, there were increases in the sectors of health and welfare, public administration and education services, but there was a decline in food and lodging.<br />A ministry official said that although it's recovering, the job market is still in a difficult situation.<br />The manufacturing industry has seen a decrease in employment insurance subscriptions for 11 straight months.<br />Eum Ji-young Arirang News.<br />
