Unemployment in South Korea surges to 17-year-high in March, after minimum wage hike
(WorldNews South Korea)

South Korea`s unemployment rate rose to a 17-year-high in March, after the country raised its minimum wage by the highest increase in 17 years in January. Statistics Korea on Wednesday announced the number of unemployed Koreans hit 1.25 million last month, recording a 4.5 percent unemployment rate, and marking the third straight month that the number of jobless people topped the one million mark. ......