[Rural and Fisheries News=Reporter Park Se-jun] The expectation is growing that the basic income for rural and fishing villages, which is being fully launched this year in the form of a pilot project, will boost the vitality of the stagnant rural and fishing villages and reverse the trend of local extinction. The basic income is a policy brand of President Lee Jae-myung, who also promised a basic income for rural and fishing villages during the 20th presidential election in 2022. However, at that time, it faced severe criticism called "spreading" and concerns about regional extinction, leading to mixed evaluations, with some praising it as a noteworthy attempt. Expectations, concerns, and tasks regarding the rural and fishing village basic income, which will be implemented as a two-year pilot project from this year to next year.