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A startup representative, center, speaks to job seekers at an employment exposition held in Coex in southern Seoul in January. [YONHAP]

Young Korean men lose ground in labor market with steepest OECD decline in last 20 years

The footing of young men in Korea's labor market is slipping, posting the steepest decline among member states of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development over the past two decades.

2026.4.14

Students practice PLC control at Suwon Hi-tech High School in Suwon, Gyeonggi on Nov. 17. [KIM JONG-HO]

With youth employment dropping, students look to semiconductor specialty schools for guaranteed work

As Korea’s semiconductor industry enters a new hiring boom, semiconductor-focused Meister High Schools are emerging as rare bright spots in the country’s weak youth job market.

2025.12.2

Japanese businesses are being killed off by labor shortages. Korea could be next.

Labor shortages are driving Japanese businesses to bankruptcy, unable to keep up with wage demands and without replacement options. Korea is trending in the same direction.

2025.5.15

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work force

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Young Korean men lose ground in labor market with steepest OECD decline in last 20 years

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Japanese businesses are being killed off by labor shortages. Korea could be next.