KidZania S. Korea embarks on novel adult version to fix youth unemployment

Young adults role-playing as researchers in a mock burger laboratory during an adult-only event at KidZania in Seoul. - AFP

SEOUL: At a kids' role-playing theme park in Seoul, 23-year-old Park Woo-joo is on a very adult mission: the university-educated but unemployed South Korean is searching for his future career.

Part of a Mexican-owned global chain, KidZania typically offers young children the chance to play at dozens of different jobs, from firefighter to dentist, in giant indoor centres, including one in Seoul that receives hundreds of thousands of visitors a year.