Worried about shortage of science and technology talent, supply of STEM talent not keeping up with demand = South Korea

The Korea Employers Federation recently released a report titled "Characteristics and Implications of Recent Employment of Science and Technology Talent." According to the report, the size of science and technology talent in Korea will be about 1.
The number of people with bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in science and engineering rose to 5.66 million, an average annual increase of 3.6% over the four years.
The association concluded that these results suggest that human resource development in higher education institutions in the fields of science and technology is not keeping up with the speed of job creation.
The number of science professionals in Korea has increased by an average of 7.4% per year over the past four years to 103,000. In terms of age distribution, the proportion of young people was high, with 69.2% being in their 20s and 30s. The average monthly salary is
4.4 million won (about 507,800 yen). It is known that the wage level is high, especially among men and those with higher education such as doctorates.
There were 401,000 ICT (information and communications technology) specialists, an average annual increase of 5.6% over the four-year period, and 730,000 engineering specialists.
The number of workers has increased by an average of 6.2% annually over the past four years to 6,000. Kim Seong-ae, head of the employment policy team at the association, said, "The demand for science and technology personnel has been increasing rapidly in the industry recently, but the supply of human resources is insufficient and there are many mismanagement cases.
"The problem of talent shortages in science and technology will worsen in the future, which will cause concern that Japan's competitiveness will decline," he said.