Prime Minister Jeong: "Direct Support for 555,000 Youth Job Seekers Next Year... Universal Employment Insurance Coverage"

"77,000 Youth Specialized Housing Units and 273,000 Units Supplied"
"100,000 Youth Talents Leading the Digital and Green Era to Be Nurtured"
"Helping 100,000 Low-Income Youth Build Social Starting Assets"

Prime Minister Jeong Sye-kyun

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun stated on the 23rd, "Next year, we will directly support the job-seeking activities of 555,000 young people and ensure that any working youth can enroll in employment insurance."

At the 2nd Youth Policy Coordination Committee held at the Government Seoul Office on the same day, Prime Minister Chung said, "Young people are facing the harshest realities due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)."

He expressed, "We will supply a total of 273,000 housing units, including 77,000 youth-specialized housing units located close to workplaces and schools with convenient facilities, and improve the poor living conditions of semi-basement and goshiwon rooms so that young people can live like youth."

He continued, "In the education sector, we will increase government support so that low-income college students are completely free from tuition burdens, and nurture 100,000 young talents who will lead the digital and green era together with schools, local communities, and companies."

Additionally, he said, "In welfare and culture, we will establish a Hope Savings Account to help 100,000 low-income young people form social starting assets, and ensure that young people can enjoy cultural activities at least once a month."

Furthermore, he added, "In the participation and rights sector, we will greatly increase youth participation in government committees so that young people can directly decide their own lives, and establish an online and offline youth policy delivery system to make it easily accessible anytime and anywhere."

Prime Minister Chung emphasized, "The government will breathe warmth into our youth so that they can straighten their hunched shoulders and freely pursue their dreams," and "We will implement warm policies that our youth can empathize with and rely on."

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