Grandmother Lee Yong-soo to Receive 500,000 Won Monthly 'Living Security Fund' in Suseong-gu, Daegu

Suseong-gu Council Passes 'Support Ordinance' Proposed by Democratic Party Members

Grandmother Lee Yong-soo [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Grandmother Lee Yong-soo (93), a victim of the Japanese military 'comfort women', will receive a monthly living security fund of 500,000 won from Suseong-gu, Daegu, where she resides.

On the 19th, according to the Daegu Suseong-gu Council, the 'Suseong-gu Support Ordinance for the Living Security of Japanese Military Comfort Women Victims under Japanese Occupation,' proposed by six members of the Democratic Party including Councilor Park Jeong-gwon, was recently passed at the 241st 2nd plenary session.

The ordinance primarily stipulates that a monthly living security fund of 500,000 won will be paid to Japanese military comfort women victims residing in Suseong-gu. The ordinance was jointly proposed by six council members from the Democratic Party, including Councilor Park, Kim Hee-seop, Kim Doo-hyun, Cha Hyun-min, Kim Young-ae, and Jo Gyu-hwa.

Since May last year, after a press conference related to the Justice and Memory Foundation, Grandmother Lee left the public rental apartment in Dalseo-gu where she had lived for 30 years and moved between temporary residences before securing a new home last month in an apartment in Suseong-gu.

Daegu City and the Daegu City Council revised related ordinances to support her housing for a comfortable old age, established a basis for support, and with a budget of 400 million won, prepared an apartment in Suseong-gu close to a hospital and a memorial hall for comfort women victims.

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