Kim Jae-woong, Gyeongnam Provincial Assemblyman: "Expand national funding for the rural basic income pilot project"

Published 2025년 12월 19일

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[Korea Farmers and Fishermen Newspaper Reporter Gu Ja-ryong] "The excessive local financial burden structure of the rural basic income pilot program contradicts the purpose of responding to regional extinction. It makes the operation of local finances more difficult and stifles the promotion of regional competitiveness enhancement projects. The national budget needs to be expanded by more than 80%." Representative Kim Jae-woong, a former successor farmer and member of the People's Power Party representing Hamyang and a member of the Agriculture, Ocean and Fisheries Committee, who led the passage of the 'Proposal to the Government to Expand National Budget Support for the Government-Led Rural Basic Income Pilot Program' through the review of the Gyeongnam Provincial Assembly's Agriculture, Ocean and Fisheries Committee and the plenary session on the 16th, stated this. Representative Kim said, "In the face of the crisis of regional extinction,

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"The excessive local financial burden structure of the rural basic income pilot project is contrary to the purpose of responding to regional extinction. It makes the operation of local finances more difficult and hinders the promotion of projects to enhance regional competitiveness. National funding needs to be increased by more than 80%." Kim Jae-woong, a successor farmer turned provincial assemblyman from the People's Power Party (representing Hamyang, and a member of the Agriculture, Ocean and Fisheries Committee), who led the passage of the 'Proposal to the Government to Expand National Funding Support for the Government-Led Rural Basic Income Pilot Project' through the Gyeongnam Provincial Assembly's Agriculture, Ocean and Fisheries Committee review and the plenary session on the 16th, expressed this opinion. Assemblyman Kim stated, "The 'Rural Basic Income Pilot Project', which aims to provide monthly local love vouchers worth 150,000 won to residents in rural areas facing ...

Source: Agrinet