Zero Pay Discount Extended Until the End of This Year... Seoul City Ordinance Promulgated

290th Seoul Metropolitan Council Resolution
Establishment of 200,000 KRW Living Support Allowance for Independence Patriots
Exclusive Parking for Pregnant Women, Including Vehicles Carrying Infants and Toddlers

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The deadline for receiving discounts through Zero Pay payments at various public facilities has been extended until December 31 of this year.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 8th that it had promulgated 46 ordinances containing this content on the 31st of last month and will additionally promulgate 48 ordinances on the 9th of this month. The ordinances were approved at the 290th regular session of the Seoul Metropolitan Council and passed the city ordinance and regulation review committee on the 30th of last month.

Starting this year, a living support allowance of 200,000 KRW per month will be provided to independence patriots. Also, all female adolescents in Seoul, regardless of income level, will be able to receive sanitary products. Additionally, an ordinance concerning disaster management for supertall buildings was established.

The ordinances to be promulgated on the 9th will expand the support amount for birth celebration supplies from the existing 100,000 KRW to within 150,000 KRW and will remove the term "vagrant." Cars carrying infants and young children will also be allowed in parking spaces designated exclusively for pregnant women, and the living wage committee must include representatives or nominees from both labor and employer organizations among its members.

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