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According to Yonhap News,

(JEONJU=Yonhap News) North Jeolla Province announced May 20 that it has won the best prize for job creation among local governments in Korea and received KRW 100 million of incentives.

Despite the economic recession and difficulties at home and abroad, the province has attracted companies, supported youth and elderly employment and carried out coupling projects between industries, academia and the government.

The youth employment rate of the province has risen by 6.2 percentage points in 2014 than that of 2011, the largest increase in Korea.

“We will not be complacent but will strive to create more jobs in terms of quality and quantity," said a provincial official.

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Source: Yonhap News (May 20, 2015)

** This article was translated from the Korean.