Disaster Relief Fund Applications Total 6.67 Trillion Won Over Five Days... About Half of All Households

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 schedule, but 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 visiting a community center in Jongno-gu, Seoul, looking at a banner with information about the support fund. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Yuri] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 16th that over 9.97 million households nationwide applied for a total of 6.6732 trillion KRW in emergency disaster relief fund credit and debit card recharges during the five-day application period from the 11th to the 15th.

On the 15th, the fifth day of applications, 2.17 million households applied for 1.4449 trillion KRW in a single day.

By region, based on cumulative applications over the five days, Gyeonggi-do had 2,597,831 households applying for 1.6321 trillion KRW, accounting for 26.1% of the total application amount. In Seoul, 2,194,805 households applied for 1.4428 trillion KRW (22.0%).

Following were Busan with 610,020 households and 423.6 billion KRW (6.1%), Incheon with 582,480 households and 407.6 billion KRW (5.8%), Gyeongnam with 556,436 households and 397.2 billion KRW (5.6%), Daegu with 454,408 households and 322.4 billion KRW (4.6%), Gyeongbuk with 441,554 households and 302.7 billion KRW (4.4%), and Chungnam with 408,083 households and 276.8 billion KRW (4.1%).

The total number of households eligible for the emergency disaster relief fund is 21.71 million. Households of one person receive 400,000 KRW, two-person households 600,000 KRW, three-person households 800,000 KRW, and households of four or more persons receive 1,000,000 KRW each.

Since the 11th, applications for the emergency disaster relief fund via credit and debit card recharge have been accepted online. Applications for regional gift certificates and prepaid card disaster relief funds will be accepted offline starting from the 18th.

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