Emergency Disaster Relief Fund Applications via Credit and Check Cards Surpass 5 Trillion Won

The government's emergency disaster relief fund credit and debit card recharge application began at 7 a.m. on the 11th through the websites of nine card companies. Similar to the public mask 5-day rotation system, the application follows a day-of-the-week system, and from the 16th, applications can be made at any time. The support fund amounts are 400,000 KRW for single-person households, 600,000 KRW for two-person households, 800,000 KRW for three-person households, and 1,000,000 KRW for households of four or more. The photo shows a citizen in Jongno-gu, Seoul, applying for the support fund that day. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] Applications for emergency disaster relief funds via credit and debit cards have exceeded 5 trillion won.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 15th that over the four days from the 11th to the 14th, a total of 7,801,000 households nationwide applied for 5.2283 trillion won in emergency disaster relief funds charged to credit and debit cards.

On the fourth day of applications, the 14th, there were 2.08 million household applications amounting to 1.3906 trillion won in a single day.

By region, over the four days, Gyeonggi-do had 2,043,528 households applying for 1.2855 trillion won, accounting for 26.2% of the total application amount. This was followed by Seoul with 1,722,575 households applying for 1.1333 trillion won (22.1%), Busan with 474,727 households applying for 330.2 billion won (6.1%), Incheon with 456,370 households applying for 320 billion won (5.8%), and Gyeongnam with 430,091 households applying for 308.4 billion won (5.5%).

The government has been accepting applications for emergency disaster relief funds charged to credit and debit cards online through each card company's website since the 11th. Applications for regional love gift certificates and prepaid card disaster relief funds will be accepted offline starting from the 18th.

Until the 15th, applications are accepted on a day-of-the-week basis similar to the public mask 5-day rotation system. On the 15th, household heads whose birth year ends in 5 or 0 can apply via each card company's PC or mobile website and smartphone app. From this day, applications can also be made through each card company's call center and automated response system (ARS).

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