I believe joonhocho was speaking more about youth unemployment than overall unemployment. From the same web site, that rate appears to bounce around in the doub

I believe joonhocho was speaking more about youth unemployment than overall unemployment. From the same web site, that rate appears to bounce around in the double digits: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/south-korea/youth-unemployment-rate http://www.tradingeconomics.com/south-korea/youth-unemployme...