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South Korea jobless rate falls in August to record low

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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's unemployment rate fell in August to a record low of 2.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis, from 2.5% in July, official data showed on Wednesday.

It was the lowest since the data series began in June 1999, according to Statistics Korea.

(Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

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