'Met with Korea Federation of Arts and Culture Organizations Executives' Kim Dong-yeon "Opportunity Income for Artists to be Paid Around July-August"'

Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon is taking a commemorative photo after having a luncheon meeting with the executives of the Korea Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organizations at Dodamso on the 31st.

Kim Dong-yeon, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, announced plans to make the first nationwide payment of opportunity income for artists as early as July.

On the 31st, Governor Kim held a luncheon meeting at Dodamso, the former governor's residence, with 14 executives of the Korea Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organizations, including Lee Beom-heon, Chairman of the Korea Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organizations, and Cheon Jin-cheol, Chairman of the Gyeonggi Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organizations. He explained, "We are promoting opportunity income for artists, which provides an annual payment of 1.5 million KRW to artists residing in the province who have valid proof of artistic activity and whose personal income is below 120% of the median income."

He continued, "For this project, we completed consultations with the Ministry of Health and Welfare on establishing a social security system on March 27, and on April 26, we gave legislative notice of the 'Gyeonggi Province Opportunity Income for Artists Ordinance (draft).' If the ordinance passes the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly in June, the province plans to accept applications and proceed with the first payment between July and August," he added.

Governor Kim especially noted, "At the recent 'Gyeonggi Artists Communication Forum,' an artist I met said that although their creative and various artistic activities created social value, they were not compensated. They expressed deep gratitude for restoring their pride and recognition through the opportunity income for artists, which left a strong impression on me. We will finalize this quickly and implement it as the first in the nation," he promised.

In response, Lee Beom-heon, Chairman of the Korea Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organizations, said, "The opportunity income for artists, a symbolic policy that includes welfare support for creative arts for the first time among local governments nationwide, can become a domino effect spreading to other local governments. The Korea Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organizations is actively promoting the policy and discussing it in various regions," he replied.

Before promoting the 'Opportunity Income for Artists,' a major pledge of the 8th Gyeonggi Provincial Government, Gyeonggi Province held the 'Gyeonggi Artists Communication Forum' on March 9 to listen to artists' opinions.

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