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更多南韩民众放弃谋职

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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。

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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。

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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。

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More Koreans giving up looking for jobs 

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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.

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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.

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Some research analysts say that the climbing number of discouraged workers cannot wholly be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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