A store that only accepted cash Convenience improved with the installation of card terminals A young man who ran a beauty salon in Mokpo Returns to Cheongsan and starts a business Since the implementation of the rural basic income, the landscape of the township areas in Okcheon County has been changing. Convenience stores, butcher shops, and beauty salons have opened, and card terminals have been installed in stores that previously only accepted cash. Mr. Jeong, who ran a rice cake shop near the Gunseong Administrative Welfare Center, opened the "Gunseong Butcher Shop" right next to his shop in January. Thanks to this, residents no longer have to make the 20 km round trip to Okcheon Town. A Hana Mart opened in the Gunseong branch of Okcheon Agricultural Cooperative last month. Previously, the site only sold agricultural materials and fuel. With the butcher shop and the mart nearby, residents of Gunseong Township can now do one-stop shopping. Changes are also continuing in Dongi Township. Mr. Oh, who ran a motorcycle repair shop, opened the "Dongi Space Mart" on the 27th of last month. Mr. Oh said, "Repairing motorcycles alone wasn't enough to make a living, so I decided to prepare for a mart after seeing the basic income policy." In Annyeon Township, where cash transactions had been the only method for decades, card payments are now accepted at the general store and the hole-in-the-wall shop. Since these stores were mainly used by local residents, there was no need for card terminals. However, after the township head convinced them that card terminals were necessary to use the basic income, they installed the equipment in January. A new beauty salon has opened in Cheongsan Township. A young man named Yang Mo, who ran a beauty salon in Mokpo, Jeonnam Province, returned to his father's hometown and started a business. An official from the county rural basic income team said, "Complaints from township residents about the inconvenience of using cash are gradually decreasing" and "Positive signs indicating that living conditions in rural villages are slowly changing are emerging."