247,000 self-employed people lost job in past year: report
IndustryOct 18, 2021
Some 247,000 sole proprietors have lost jobs amid prolonged social distancing regulations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Monday. According to Yonhap News Agency’s analysis, 247,000 people who were self-employed in mid-September last year lost their jobs and fell into the category of the unemployed and economically inactive within the past 12 months. The report defines unemployed as those who are able and willing to work and who have been in search of a job but unable