South Korea: Nonghyup Mutual Financial Business Support Headquarters raised hands to help rural people

The Agricultural Cooperatives (Chairman, Seong-hee Lee) Mutual Financial Business Support Headquarters visited a red pepper farm in Baekhak-myeon, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do on the 4th to help farmers who are having difficulties in securing workers during the busy season. On this day, 20 executives and employees, including Dae-geun Byun, head of the Mutual Financial Business Support Division, started collecting agricultural waste from the early morning, tidying up the red pepper fields, and planting red pepper seedlings to help farmers. The Yeoncheon area, where red pepper and cucumber are local specialties, needs timely labor support during the busy farming season, but the rural population is rapidly aging and the number of foreign workers is in short supply. Byun Dae-geun, head of ...