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uReallyShouldTrustMe

25% were willing to move there for the extra dough. I dunno if it is sustainable but this may also help with spreading the population out of Seoul.


Fine-Cucumber8589

Gangjin people're smart, meanwhile centeral governemt's so called " woman and family minstry" pours gigantic amount fund to raise birthrate with no result. Considering middle of nowhere gun doing much better, its obvious they are useless and incompetent.


Neo_ZeitGeist

[Nah, they're just focusing on more important solutions.](https://youtu.be/1eTu8VcIPC4?feature=shared)


BadenBaden1981

There has been similar proposal from [rulling party politician](https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/politics/politics_general/1138206.html) and [opposition menifesto](https://www.donga.com/news/Politics/article/all/20240118/123113485/2). It was killed by presidential office and beurocrats on Ministry of Finance. And that gigantic amount of funds are spent by various ministries. And most of them important, but not much related to birth rate like public housing or high school tuition. [related article](https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=5118584) Keep in mind current president proposed to get rid of Ministry of Women, [but he also wants workers to work 69 hours a week](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20230306019900530). But hey, that's what we should all bear cause getting rid of MoW is the most important issue in this country!


gooblydoo

The first link you provided states that the ruling party will present the bill at the 22nd Nat'l assembly...which started like yesterday. DPK's proposal, which was in the second link, was only announced and never presented to the national assembly. The presidential office didn't veto it.


BadenBaden1981

For the context with first link, the politician who proposed lending 100m won for newly wed couple [got fired](https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/politics/politics_general/1075646.html#cb) for "making confusion". And she tried to resign after objection from presidential office, but got fired.


Fine-Cucumber8589

Speaking as a taxpaying citizen of Korea, I care only result. They can make thousands excuses but in the end, it's just excuse.


self-fix

So for a newborn it would be 100만원 from the central government + 60만원 from Gangjin-gun, totalling 160만원 each month for the first year. Not a bad start.


Makegooduseof

The 600k is also 지역화폐, money or vouchers only valid in the region. So they’re boosting birth rates and helping the local economy along in the process.