From 2026, Yeosu City will provide fishermen's public interest allowance through 'prepaid cards'.

Yeosu City (Mayor Jeong Gi-myeong) announced that starting from 2026, the payment method for farmers' and fishermen's public benefit allowance will be switched from the existing "Yeosu Love Vouchers (paper form)" to "prepaid cards." This system improvement aims to enhance the convenience for farmers and fishermen and to stimulate local consumption, thereby invigorating the local economy. The public benefit allowance for farmers and fishermen is a program that provides 600,000 won per year to farming or fishing households in Yeosu City to ensure the public value generated by agricultural, fishing, and forestry activities and to revitalize the rural economy. Starting next year, instead of Yeosu Love Vouchers, the allowance will be provided in the form of prepaid cards, which can be freely used at participating stores within Yeosu City. Particularly, the change to prepaid cards is expected to make agricultural-related spending, such as purchasing agricultural materials, more ...