23-year-old unemployed South Korean, Park Woo-joo, uses a kids' role-playing theme park to find career path amid high youth unemployment rates.

23-year-old, unemployed South Korean, Park Woo-joo, is using a kids' role-playing theme park in Seoul as a platform to search for his future career. The park, part of a Mexican-owned global chain called KidZania, hosts popular, nostalgia-laced, adults-only events which help unemployed young people find their real-life calling. South Korea faces high youth unemployment rates due to a mismatch between highly educated young people and the country's labour market needs.

July 23, 2024
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