Roundup: S. Korea's employment growth slows for 9th month in February
SEOUL, March 15 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's employment growth continued to slow for the ninth consecutive month in February on rising economic uncertainties due to export fall and interest rate hikes, statistical office data showed Wednesday.
The number of those employed was 27,714,000 in February, up 312,000 from the same month of last year, according to Statistics Korea. It was the lowest increase in two years s