Jobs for Youth Des emplois pour les jeunes: Korea 2007 Improving the performance of youths in the labour market is a crucial challenge in OECD countries facing persistent youth unemployment. This report part of a series which looks at the school to work transition process in sixteen countries contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people in Korea an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.