Youth unemployment is at a 17-year high — but AI infrastructure and the semiconductor belt tell a different story.
While Korea's overall graduate job market is at its toughest point since the 2009 financial crisis, SK Telecom's new 750 billion won AI data-center subsidiary and the fast-growing Yongin-Hwaseong-Pyeongtaek semiconductor cluster point to where entry-level demand is concentrating. Add Samsung and Hyundai's chairmen joining a global AI advisory board, and the picture for international applicants becomes clearer: sector and location matter more than the headline number.
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취업까지 11.2개월…첫 직장 불만족에 10명 중 6명 떠나 — Seoul Economic Daily, July 23, 2026
SK텔레콤, AIDC 전문 자회사 신설…7500억 출자 — Seoul Economic Daily, July 23, 2026
이재용·정의선 회장, 젠슨 황·나델라와 글로벌 AI 협의체 합류 — Seoul Economic Daily, July 23, 2026
경기남부 반도체 메가시티, 2040년 400만 생활권으로 — Seoul Economic Daily, July 23, 2026
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