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12-27-20
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更多南韩民众放弃谋职
根据南韩统计厅一项对工作年龄人口的调查,在新型冠状病毒最早到达南韩前的2019年12月,15岁或以上的沮丧劳工(或称失望劳工)人数为53万4000人。
自南韩1月20日通报首起确诊病例后,沮丧劳工的人数就已呈现普遍上升,儘管按月仍有若干波动。相较于2019年12月,2020年11月的人数增加9万7000人,达63万1000人。
部分的研究分析师表示,沮丧劳工人数的攀升,无法完全归咎于2019冠状病毒病大流行。
More Koreans giving up looking for jobs
According to a survey on the working age population - those aged 15 or over - by Statistics Korea, the number of discouraged workers stood at 534,000 in December 2019, the month before the novel coronavirus first arrived in Korea.
Since the first case was reported here on Jan. 20, the tally of discouraged workers has showed a general increase, though there were some ups and downs from month to month. Compared to December 2019, the tally for November 2020 grew 97,000 to reach 631,000.
Some research analysts say that the climbing number of discouraged workers cannot wholly be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.