S.Korea's employment growth tops 300,000 for 4 months

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's employment growth topped 300,000 for the fourth consecutive month to November, statistical office data showed Wednesday.

The number of those employed was 27,515,000 in November, up 331,000 from a year earlier, according to Statistics Korea. The year-on-year increase was 452,000 in August, 348,000 in September and 419,000 in October.

The hiring rate for those aged 15 or higher gained 0.3 percentage points over the year to 61.7 percent last month.

Jobless rate fell 0.1 percentage point to 3.1 percent in the cited period. The number of those unemployed reduced 43,000 to 866,000 in the month.