Introduction of 'KakaoTalk Login' for Hometown Love Donations... Overseas Koreans Can Also Donate

'Gohyangsarang e-Eum' System Revamp

The hometown love donation system information platform, 'Hometown Love e-Eum,' will make membership registration and login even easier. Additionally, donations from registered foreigners and overseas Koreans with domestic residence reports will also be possible. The government expects this to further expand the Hometown Love Donation system.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that starting from the 6th, membership registration and login for 'Hometown Love e-Eum' will be available through the private app KakaoTalk.

Previously, membership registration involved a complicated process including agreement to terms, identity verification, and entering member information. However, with this revision, membership registration will proceed through Kakao Authentication Certificate verification and agreement to terms without separately entering member information, significantly simplifying the registration process.

An official from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety stated, "We plan to establish standards so that various private platforms can enter and operate the Hometown Love Donation information system to further activate the Hometown Love Donation system."

Along with this, donations from registered foreigners and overseas Koreans with domestic residence reports will also be possible through 'Hometown Love e-Eum.' To this end, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety has completed linkage with the Ministry of Justice's immigration management system to enable registered foreigners to donate via 'Hometown Love e-Eum.'

Furthermore, according to the Enforcement Decree of the 'Hometown Love Donation Act' implemented in July, overseas Koreans with domestic residence reports who are now eligible to donate will be able to participate in the Hometown Love Donation system through 'Hometown Love e-Eum' thanks to this linkage.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to continuously improve the system by adding a 'designated donation function' by the end of this year, allowing donors to specify the purpose or usage of their donations.

Meanwhile, the Hometown Love Donation system, first implemented this year, allows individuals to donate not only to their birthplace but also to a 'second hometown' formed through studies, work, travel, or other relationships. Local governments use the donations to improve residents' welfare, and donors receive tax deductions and gift benefits. Individuals wishing to donate can do so through the integrated (one-stop) information system 'Hometown Love e-Eum' or by visiting one of the over 5,900 NongHyup branches nationwide.

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