Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights & analysis in your inbox. Download the ETHRWorld App and get the Realtime updates and Save your favourite articles. "Above all the shadow of our K-shaped growth is concentrated on our young generations who carry our future," he continued. "This goes beyond a youth issue and threatens the future growth engines of South Korea's economy. "Lee said more than 400,000 young people have been pushed out of the labor market with no one taking responsibility for the lack of entry-level jobs.

Source: Economic Times January 18, 2026 19:16 UTC