With the spirit of the red horse, lighting the flame of hope in the countryside

A Basic Income and Sunlight Pension for Farmers and Fishermen A New Breeze Blowing through Rural Areas Rural and fishing villages, which were on the brink of extinction, are beginning to transform into spaces of opportunity. The value of rural and fishing villages is being re-examined as an alternative for balanced national development and a new lifestyle known as 4th-tier and 3rd-tier villages. According to the results of the "2024 Welfare Status Survey on Farmers and Fishermen" released by the Rural Development Administration in June last year, the overall life satisfaction in rural and fishing villages was 54.8 out of 100 points, down from 56.3 points the previous year. The good news is that the percentage of respondents who said their quality of life had improved over the past five years was 32.1%, which is 12.9 percentage points higher than the 19.2% recorded five years ago. Nevertheless, as of 2024, the population of rural and fishing villages (towns and townships) is ...