The number of non-regular workers aged over 60 in South Korea more than doubled over the past decade.
 
According to Statistics Korea on Sunday, the figure stood at one-point-46 million as of August, accounting for 22-point-eight percent, or the largest portion of the country’s overall non-regular workers.
 
The figure represents a two-point-four fold increase from August 2006.
 
The number of non-regular workers in their 50s reached one-point-38 million, taking up 21-point-five percent of the country’s overall non-regular workers. The figure also increased one-point-six times over the period.
 
In contrast, the comparable figures for those in their 20s, 30s and 40s all decreased over the cited period.
 
Non-regular workers in their 30s plunged by about 30 percent from one-point-38 million to 994-thousand, while the figures for those in their 20s and 40s posted slight decreases.
 
The data indicated that the country’s overall non-regular workers increased by one million to six-point-44 million over the past decade, mostly led by the increase of senior workers.