Theme Park's Novel Bid To Fix South Korea Youth Unemployment

Visitors role play as researchers in a mock burger laboratory at an adults-only event at KidZania in Seoul (Credit: AFP)

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.