397회 국내 취업포기자 5년 사이 58% 늘어/ 코로나19로 인한 노동력 부족 대응책 마련에 나선 한국

<p>진행자: 김혜연, Paul Kerry</p><p><strong>1. Korea sees discouraged workers increase 58% in 5 years</strong></p><p>[In 14 months, de facto jobless among people aged 15-29 up 300,000]</p><p>요약: 국내 취업포기자가 갈수록 늘고 있는 상황에서, 1년 2개월 후에는 사실상 15-29세 무직자가 30만 명 증가할 것으로 예측한다.</p><p>&nbsp;[1] The number of people who have given up on looking for jobs has shown a steady increase in South Korea since the nation started compiling the data in January 2014. They are dubbed “discouraged workers.”</p><p>*discouraged worker: 취업의욕 상실한 노동자</p><p>*de facto: (법적으로는 받아들여지지 않더라도) 사실상의, 실질적인</p><p>*compile: (여러 자료를 따와) 엮다, 편집하다</p><p>*dub: 별명을 붙이다</p><p>[2] The tally for discouraged workers counts people who did not carry out job-seeking activities during the prior four weeks or longer, though they had looked for jobs within the past 12 months.</p><p>*tally: (총계·총액을 계속 누적해 나가는) 기록, 부합하다&nbsp;</p><p>[3] Alongside sagging performances in the job creation sector in recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the growing pace of the figure, the state data showed.</p><p>* alongside: -옆에, 나란히</p><p>*sagging: 약화되다, (수적으로) 줄어들다</p><p>[4] It is estimated that a large portion of small and midsized businesses have scaled back the hiring of young workers, particularly women, over the past year since the epidemic initially hit the nation in late January 2020.&nbsp;</p><p>*scale back: (크기·규모를) 축소하다</p><p>[4] The extended-based jobless tally, which regards underemployed as de facto unemployed, shows the seriousness of the hiring market for the young generation.</p><p>*extended: 확장하다, 더 넓게 만들다</p><p>*underemployed: 불완전 고용(취업)</p><p>기사 원문: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210328000033&amp;ACE_SEARCH=1</p><p><br></p><p><strong>2. Korea scrambles to respond to labor shortage amid pandemic</strong></p><p>[Govt. eases regulations for industries immigration to allow more foreign workers]</p><p>&nbsp;[1] The South Korean government and National Assembly are looking to ease regulations on employing foreign nationals and for immigration in the