Agricultural organizations welcome the "allowance of dual business for common owners"... also demand realistic status assurance and expanded scope of income recognition.

When the government announced a policy improvement allowing co-principal farmers to engage in secondary employment, agricultural organizations expressed unanimous support. On the 25th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced a plan to revise the ordinance, allowing female co-principal farmers who temporarily take jobs to retain their co-principal status if their work income is less than 20 million won annually and they have been engaged in farming for more than 90 days a year. This is intended to address the rural reality where farmers must temporarily take jobs, even during the busy farming season, to maintain their livelihoods, and it is expected to be implemented on-site starting March next year. The co-principal farmer system was introduced in 2016 to recognize farmers other than the principal as co-principals, but unlike the principal, co-principals lose their status if they become employees covered by the four social insurances, thereby being excluded ...