Next Month's 100th Hydrogen Refueling Station Completion Ceremony... Special High-Risk Occupations Also Covered by Employment Insurance

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The government will complete the 100th hydrogen charging station next month.

According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance's "July Korean New Deal Major Project Promotion Plan" on the 29th, a completion ceremony to commemorate the construction of 100 hydrogen charging stations will be held in the third week of next month.

From the 14th of next month, the permit window for installing hydrogen charging stations will be unified under the Ministry of Environment.

A pilot project for building megastations equipped with functions such as zero-emission vehicle charging, maintenance, and convenience facilities will be announced, along with a project to establish energy self-sufficient infrastructure to convert industrial complexes into eco-friendly manufacturing spaces and a support project for carbon-neutral facilities in energy-intensive facilities.

At the end of next month, a 2050 carbon neutrality scenario meeting will be held to promote social discussions with stakeholders in sectors such as industry and transportation.

From the 1st of next month, special employment workers (teukgo) will also be covered by employment insurance to protect the employment safety net, and will receive job-seeking benefits and maternity benefits.

Occupations covered by industrial accident insurance will be prioritized, and platform-based occupations will be adjusted according to the implementation timing of employment insurance obligations for platform business owners.

The business plans of eight consortia selected for the Digital Innovation Shared University project will be announced, and the launch ceremony for the Digital New Technology Talent Development Innovation Shared University will be held on the 16th of next month.

In the digital New Deal sector, projects will be conducted to build a "parallel corpus" supporting automatic interpretation and translation between Korean and foreign languages using artificial intelligence, a data voucher support project, and a project to support the redesign of the non-face-to-face sports market business transition.

In the regional balanced New Deal sector, a "Visiting Regional Balanced New Deal Investment Briefing" will be held in Jeonbuk, and excellent regional balanced New Deal projects will be selected to support creative projects reflecting regional characteristics.

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