Gov't to create nearly 1 million part-time jobs to boost employment
Social affairsJun 4, 2013
The government said Tuesday it will create nearly 1 million decent part-time jobs by 2017 as part of an effort to boost the country's employment rate by diversifying employment patterns and to give women, adolescents and the elderly more chances to work. It is one of the key measures under the government's comprehensive policy roadmap to raise the employment rate to 70 percent, a main pledge made by President Park Geun-hye during last year's election campaign. The latest government data showed S