2030 Age Group Leads in Mobile Phone Bill Delinquencies... Over 13.5 Billion KRW in Overdue Payments

Assemblyman Kim Young-sik Urges Need for Measures to Reduce Communication Cost Burden on Youth Generation

[Asia Economy Reporter Cha Min-young] It has been revealed that the overdue mobile phone bills of the 2030 generation exceed 13.5 billion KRW, with an average of nearly 140,000 KRW per person.

On the 20th, after reviewing the overdue payment status data of wired and wireless communication fees submitted by telecommunication operators through the Ministry of Science and ICT, National Assembly member Kim Young-sik of the People Power Party found that the number of overdue wireless communication (mobile phone) bills for subscribers in their 20s and 30s totaled 95,947 cases, amounting to 13.555 billion KRW.

For those in their 20s, the number of overdue mobile phone bills and the total overdue amount were 55,612 cases and 7.833 billion KRW, respectively, the highest among all age groups. Those in their 30s had the highest average overdue mobile phone bill amount at 142,000 KRW.

Assemblyman Kim Young-sik stated, “The issue of overdue mobile phone bills among the 2030 generation is closely related to the youth employment rate, which remains at around 50%. In addition to introducing a mid-tier 5G plan, active support measures are needed to reduce the communication cost burden on young people, including additional data provision and waiving penalty fees on overdue bills.”

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