Increased Budget for Stray Animal Protection by More Than Double
'2022 Budget Proposal'
AI-Based Legal Information Search Service Provided
Child Abuse Response Budget Increased by 30 Billion KRW... Accounting Also Unified
[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] The government has doubled the budget for stray animal protection compared to this year.
According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on the 4th, the government announced through the '2022 Budget Plan' that the budget for stray animal protection will be increased from 5.3 billion KRW this year to 11.3 billion KRW next year, more than doubling. The plan includes fundamental support to prevent lost and abandoned animals, such as expanding support for neutering surgeries for village dogs and stray cats at the eup and myeon levels.
An intelligent legal information system will also be established to provide AI-based natural language search services, allowing the general public, not just legal experts, to easily search and utilize legal information. A total project cost of 9.2 billion KRW will be invested over five years from next year to 2026, with services expected to be provided gradually after 2025.
Nearly 20 billion KRW will be allocated to the project to complete the development of the lunar orbiter's main body and payload, launch it next year, and conduct a one-year exploration mission in lunar orbit. As a result of the lunar exploration plan initiated in 2016, the government expects that completing the orbiter development and starting the launch and full-scale exploration next year will mark a new turning point in South Korea's space exploration.
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Meanwhile, the budget for responding to child abuse will also increase by nearly 30 billion KRW next year (102.4 billion KRW). The plan includes unifying financial support for child abuse response under the Ministry of Health and Welfare's general account, expanding protection infrastructure such as shelters for abused children, increasing psychological treatment for victimized children, and improving working conditions for personnel responding to child abuse, thereby strengthening a comprehensive support system.
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