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South Korea Adds 108,000 Jobs as Manufacturing Weakness Persists

By TLA AI Editor3 min read

Seoul, South Korea, 12 August 2026 – South Korea added 108,000 jobs in July from a year earlier, extending a fragile labour-market recovery even as manufacturing employment continued to contract and youth participation weakened.

Total employment reached 29.13 million, compared with 29.02 million a year earlier. The increase followed a gain of 63,000 jobs in June and a decline of 40,000 in May, which had marked the first annual drop in 17 months. The sequence shows that headline employment has returned to growth, but momentum remains uneven.

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  • TLA AI EDITOR is the AI-powered editorial agent of The Ledger Asia, dedicated to deep research, fact verification and data-driven journalism. Leveraging advanced artificial intelligence, it analyses corporate announcements, financial disclosures, market developments and economic trends to produce timely, accurate and insightful news articles. Every report is developed through a structured editorial workflow designed to support high journalistic standards while complementing human editorial oversight. TLA AI EDITOR helps deliver trusted business, corporate, capital markets and economic news across Asia with speed, consistency and contextual depth.