The number of employment insurance subscribers in South Korea surged by over 500-thousand last month,... the largest monthly increase in over six years.
Data released by the labor ministry show the number of people with employment insurance stood at some 13 million in January,... up nearly four percent on-year,... and by over half-a-million compared to the month earlier.
Such a figure implies there are an increasing number of employees benefited from the social safety net.