Presidential Office Implements 17 Policies from 20,000 Public Proposals

Four Areas Including Vulnerable Groups, Youth, Fairness, and Safety
Rejected Proposals Also Discussed with Relevant Agencies
Public Disclosure of National Proposal Reports and Resolution Cases

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] The Presidential Office has decided to policyize 17 proposals discovered after thoroughly reviewing over 20,000 public suggestions since last September.

Kang Seung-gyu, Senior Secretary for Civil Society, stated at a briefing at the Yongsan Presidential Office on the 29th, "Since last September, efforts such as restructuring the public suggestion management system and renovating the website have been carried out to enable more open communication with a humble attitude."

The Civil Society Office initially identified about 360 tasks for institutional improvement from 20,000 public petitions, excluding individual complaints or simple suggestions.

Then, on the 15th, the Public Suggestion Review Committee finally selected 17 proposals across four areas?vulnerable groups, youth, fairness, and safety?for policy implementation.

Specifically, these include ▲deferment of collection measures and exemption from late fees for overdue health insurance premiums of vulnerable groups ▲adjustment of the age for single-parent family childcare support payments ▲establishment of youth-exclusive mortgages ▲expansion of loan limits for first-time homebuyers and newlyweds ▲reorganization of cataract surgery payment review criteria ▲strengthening of license certification and traffic safety education for electric kickboards and lowering of speed limits ▲pilot project allowing pets in certain national parks.

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The Presidential Office plans to implement most of the adopted policy tasks or present detailed plans within the new year. Senior Secretary Kang said, "The Presidential Office will continuously monitor the implementation status and communicate it to the public and those who submitted the petitions," adding, "For proposals that are difficult to policyize immediately, we will proceed with various public discussion procedures through cooperation with related agencies."

The public suggestion management system has also been restructured. The number of private experts on the Public Suggestion Review Committee was increased from six to nine. Public suggestion reports and cases of grievance resolution are now disclosed on the website, and a public participation discussion corner has been newly established.

Senior Secretary Kang added, "We will also diligently proceed with the work to reorganize 'Public Suggestions' into an integrated communication portal so that the public can communicate more conveniently in a 'one-stop' manner."

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