Total employment rises for the first time in 13 months In March, the total number of people working in the country was 26.9 million, up 314,000 on year, according to Statistics Korea. The positive figure breaks the second longest streak of on-year declines in total employment. 2021.4.14
![Chung Dong-myung, head of social statistics at Statistics Korea, holds a briefing on the March job report at the government complex in Sejong on Wednesday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10039762.jpg?imageId=10039762&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)