{"id":"n_xh3xnqtcx4na7zohpwwa","seq":9653496,"kind":"article","title":"Korea adds 139,000 jobs in October, above 100,000 for 4th month","url":"https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20261111/korea-adds-139000-jobs-in-october-above-100000-for-4th-month","summary":"Korea added 139,000 jobs in October from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday, with job growth exceeding the 100,000 mark for the fourth consecutive month. The number of employed people came to 29.17 million in October, compared with 29.04 million a year earlier, according to data from the Ministry of Data and Statistics. Job growth turned positive in June after declining by 40,000 in May, the first drop in 17 months. The country's jobless rate came to 2 percent…","published":"2026-11-10T23:52:03Z","seen":"2026-11-10T23:57:00Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-koreatimes-co-kr-c6eccf","name":"koreatimes.co.kr","domain":"feed.koreatimes.co.kr"},"via":"kite-koreatimes-co-kr-c6eccf","topics":["asia"],"authors":["author"],"entities":[{"id":"Q18097","name":"Korea","type":"place"}],"image":"https://newsimg.koreatimes.co.kr/2026/11/11/f1fadb7e-46da-4be6-8246-e93573b0bcde.jpg","story":"st_gux6jtmiahdpx5hvgcfq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.74,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.49,"political":0.24}