Not only China, youth in this Northeast Asian country are also having a "headache" because of unemployment.

Official data released on August 27 in South Korea showed that more than 1.26 million young people in the country are still unemployed after graduating and it takes an average of about 10 months to find their first job.

Hàn Quốc: Hơn 1,2 triệu người trẻ không có việc làm sau khi tốt nghiệp

More than 1.2 million young Koreans are unemployed after graduating. (Source: Yonhap)

According to Yonhap news agency, data from Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) shows that as of last May, out of 8.42 million people aged 15-29, 4.52 million had graduated from middle school, high school or university. However, 1.26 million of those graduates are currently unemployed.

KOSTAT said about 52.8% of unemployed young people were university graduates and about 1%, or 12,000 people, had master's or doctoral degrees.

According to the agency, on average, young people need 10.4 months after graduation to find their first job. About 15.3% of young people, equivalent to 591,000 people, said it took them more than 2 years to successfully apply for a job after graduation.

Last month, South Korea's unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.7 percent and the number of employed people increased by more than 200,000 from a year earlier to 28.68 million.

However, government data showed that employment for people in their 20s and 40s fell year-on-year, while employment for those over 50 increased sharply.

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