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ByJangSoo-hyun
Editor-in-Chief
Korea¡¯sWorstUnemploymentSince1998
Amidthepandemic,Koreahasrecordedthelargestjoblosssincethe1997-8Asianfinancialcrisis.AsofJan.2021,theaverage
unemploymentratewas5.7percentarecordhigh,summingupto1.57million.Takingalittlelookcloser,youthunemployment?
thoseagebetween15and29?reached9.5%recording380,000.
Theunemploymentratemaybeunderratedduetoanincreaseinthenumberofeconomicallyinactivepeopleorthoseunwilling
to work. Due to the unemployment crisis, the government official examination has recorded its highest competition rate in five
years,showinganincreasedinclinationforastableworkplace.
Mostjoblossseemstobefocusedontheservicesectorfortheoutbreakdidnotallowface-to-faceservices.Especiallyrestaurants
andlodgingfacedtemporaryshutdownsoropenhourrestrictionsduetothesocialdistancingmeasures.
Trump¡¯sSecondAcquittal
MyanmarCoupd¡¯Etat
Donald Trump,
Beginning Feb. 1,
Bloomberg
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t h e f i r s t U S
the Myanmar military
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president facing two
called for a year-long
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impeachment trials,
state of emergency after
was found not guilty.
Aung San Suu Kyi has
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After the White
won the election by a
Houserallyandamob
landslide. The coup led
stormingintotheCapitalbuildingonJan.6,theDemocratic
by Min Aung Hlaing claims the November general election
HouseimpeachmentmanagersarguedthatTrumpshouldbe
was a fraud and demands a revote; however, the electoral
heldresponsibleforincitingtheriot,wherefivepeopledied.
commission states there is no evidence. Currently, Aung
However, Republicans claimed it was unconstitutional to
San Suu Kyi is under arrest along with other leaders of the
impeach the president after he left office. Trump¡¯s lawyers
NationalLeagueforDemocracy(NLD).
said the Democrats were using the impeachment for
Aung San Suu Kyi campaigned to restore democracy in
partisan gain and disenfranchise the people who voted for
thecountrysincethe1990s.Shewasindetentionfornearly
Trump¡¯sreelection.
15 years between 1989 and 2010. Her efforts in organizing
The trial began on Feb. 9 and the former president was
rallies calling for democratic reforms and free election was
acquittedonFeb.13byavoteof57guiltyto43notguilty.
recognizedwhenshereceivedtheNobelPeacePrizein1991.
Seven Republicans stood by the Democrats voting to
Currently, Myanmar is going through its largest protests
convict. Ten votes short for the two-thirds majority or 67
since2007,butthemilitaryisattemptingtomakerestrictions
votesrequiredforaconviction.
by controlling curfews from local time 20:00 to 6:00 in
After his acquittal, Trump shared it was ¡°the greatest
addition to limiting the number of people able to gather in
witchhuntinhistory.¡±
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