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Jobs Smile on Semiconductors, Textiles Weep: Shifts in Manufacturing Employment in the Second Half of 2025

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  1. The Korea Employment Information Service forecasts that employment in semiconductors will rise 2.7% (4,000 people) from the same period last year.
  2. The textile sector is expected to shrink 2.9% (4,000 people) due to the overseas relocation of production facilities and declining exports, while machinery, shipbuilding and steel are projected to remain at last year's level.
  3. Experts see the semiconductor-driven employment growth as a symbol of changing industrial structure, and some argue that government-led industrial transition policies are needed to address the decline in textiles.

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Jobs Smile on Semiconductors, Textiles Weep: Shifts in Manufacturing Employment in the Second Half of 2025

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): 일자리, 반도체 웃고 섬유 울었다…2025 하반기 제조업 고용 판도 변화

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