President Moon Jae-in called for a pan-government effort toward overcoming last month's employment shock and finding recovery in the job market.

At a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Moon noted the gravity of over one-point-five million people being without jobs as the nation struggles to contain COVID-19.

The president urged officials to seek ways to prevent the widening of socioeconomic gaps rising from job polarization.

Moon then vowed to fulfill a plan to create more than 900-thousand jobs in the public sector during the first quarter, and to push forward with a project to bring about a total investment of 110 trillion won from both the public and private sectors.

The president also pledged support for employers to keep jobs, as well as a fourth round of COVID-19 relief payouts for the vulnerable groups.