Competitive Ratio of Civil Service Examination Exceeds 100-1

As the problem of young unemployed people becomes serious, relatively secure civil service jobs continuously win popularity. A total of 80,073 people took the civil service examination for recruiting 788 Seoul public servants held in 52 examination rooms in Seoul, showing a competitive ratio of 101.6-1 on June 13. On this day, examinees are leaving examination rooms after taking the exam in Kyongshin High School in Jongno-Gu.

Hoon-Koo Lee ufo@donga.com