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The first Senior Job Fair in Seoul for jobseekers aged 60 and above saw around 70 companies setting up booths for recruitment.
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SEOUL – Mr Jin Soo-hyun was just 59 when he was asked to retire after more than three decades at his company.
It was 2015, and the global shipbuilding industry was buckling under severe overcapacity and a collapse in oil prices.
