Candidate Bae Jong-ho Announces '7 Major Pledges' to Overcome Low Birthrate

500 Million Won Support for First Childbirth Incentive

Support for Postpartum Care Expenses and Establishment and Operation of Public Postpartum Care Centers

On the 8th, Bae Jong-ho, the Democratic Party of Korea's preliminary candidate for Mokpo City National Assembly, announced the '7 Major Pledges to Overcome the Population Crisis and Low Birthrate,' stating that the population crisis and low birthrate are not issues unique to Mokpo but national-level problems.

Democratic Party of Korea Mokpo City National Assembly Candidate Bae Jong-ho [Photo by Bae Jong-ho's Office]

The 7 major pledges include △ providing a childbirth incentive of 5 million KRW upon the birth of a child and supporting young newlyweds with rental housing at 10,000 KRW per month △ establishing a Vice Prime Minister-level Population Crisis Response Department (tentative name) △ implementing a major shift in low birthrate awareness through childbirth encouragement slogans, phrases, posters, and campaigns △ expanding emergency childcare centers on holidays (from 1 to 4 centers) △ revising related laws to insert a mandatory period for paternity leave △ launching a home helper project to support housework assistants for pregnant women △ supporting postpartum care expenses for mothers and establishing and operating public postpartum care centers.

Preliminary candidate Bae Jong-ho pledged, “Mokpo City's total fertility rate (number of infants) was 0.7% (797 infants) in 2021, 0.74% (820 infants) in 2022, and 831 infants in 2023. I will devote all my efforts to achieving the goal of 'Mokpo, a city hopeful for a birthrate target of 1.0.'”

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