The number of employed people aged 15 and older grew 183,000, or 0.6 percent, from a year earlier to 29,091,000 in June, keeping an upward trend since January, according to Statistics Korea.

CANBERRA, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Australia's unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent in June, the highest level in almost four years, according to official data released on Thursday.