Jinju City, First Payment to 4th Phase Local Economy Emergency Support Recipients

First Payment Without Separate Application, Those Excluded Must Apply Separately by February 15

Jinju City Hall Exterior (Photo by Jinju City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, will promptly provide the first round of living stabilization support funds by the end of this month using its own budget, in accordance with the 4th emergency regional economic support measures to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.

On the 11th, to prevent the regional spread of the cluster infection at Jinju International Prayer Center, the city raised the social distancing level to 2.5 and decided to provide support funds by the end of January to businesses subject to gathering bans and restrictions accordingly.

Businesses subject to the gathering ban under the 2.5-level administrative order, such as entertainment bars, karaoke bars, colatecs, bathhouses, door-to-door sales including direct promotion centers, singing practice rooms, and indoor sports facilities, will receive 1 million KRW each, supporting 1,400 locations.

Businesses subject to gathering restrictions, including restaurants, cafes, movie theaters, PC rooms, game arcades, multi-rooms, beauty salons, academies (including tutoring centers), reading rooms, study cafes, vocational training institutions, amusement park water play areas, and stores, marts, and department stores (over 300㎡), totaling about 10,000 locations, will receive 700,000 KRW in living stabilization funds.

Special-type workers and freelancers will be supported with 500,000 KRW in living stabilization funds for approximately 1,500 people.

Mayor Jo Gyu-il urged, “The city is mobilizing all available administrative resources to provide support without hesitation, so we ask for your understanding of the difficulties and inconveniences and hope everyone will work together to overcome COVID-19.”

Meanwhile, Jinju City plans to send text messages to the first round of rapid payment recipients, and payments will be made after eligibility review without a separate application.

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