Market for day laborers
A daily wage worker uses his smartphone on a sidewalk near a subway station in Seoul's Guro Ward on Feb. 18, 2025, checking to see if he has been employed for the day. The number of employees in the construction sector decreased 168,000 from a year earlier to 1.92 million in January, its lowest level since 1.88 million in 2017. (Yonhap)
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