Sancheong-gun Supports Cultural Artists with Activity Funds to Overcome COVID-19

50,000 KRW per person... Check conditions and apply by the 30th

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam Province, is providing activity expenses to support local cultural artists who are experiencing economic difficulties due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

On the 15th, the county announced that it will implement an activity expense support project to help cultural artists who have suffered damage due to the contraction of cultural and artistic activities caused by the suspension of various performances and exhibitions amid COVID-19, enabling stable creative activities.

The support amount is 500,000 KRW per person. Eligible applicants must have their resident registration address in Sancheong-gun as of the announcement date and hold a valid certificate of artistic activity from the Korea Artists Welfare Foundation.

Those who have already received cultural artist activity support funds this year, recipients of the government's 3rd and 4th disaster relief funds, employees enrolled in workplace health insurance (self) with income exceeding 180% of the median income, public officials, school faculty members, employees of public institutions, corporations, and foundations including invested and funded institutions, and artists affiliated with national and public cultural and artistic institutions are excluded from eligibility.

The application period is until the 30th of this month. For more details, please check the Sancheong-gun website, and inquiries can be directed to the Culture and Sports Division's cultural arts department of Sancheong-gun.

A county official stated, “We will do our best to promptly provide activity support funds to alleviate the difficulties faced by local cultural artists, even if only a little.”

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