18From ... onward, citizens 70% will receive high oil price relief of 10 to 25 won
18Starting at ... a.m. on ... 9% of lower-income households 70 will be able to apply for 1 per person 10 to 25 won in high oil price relief. Applications will follow a day-of-the-week schedule during the first week.
18Starting at ... a.m. on ... 9 applications for the ... round of high oil price relief begin. Eligible recipients are 2% of the public in the lower-income bracket, excluding vulnerable groups who received priority payments. 70The payment per person is 1 won, ranging from 10 to 25 won.
Applications will be accepted online and in person. The application period runs from 18 ... a.m. on ... 9 to ... 7 ... 3 ... p.m. on ... 6. Applications will follow a day-of-the-week schedule during the first week.
The government prepared the relief payments to ease the burden of higher fuel prices caused by the war in the Middle East. Vulnerable groups, including near-poor households, received their payments first, starting on ... last month. 27They received 1 per person, ranging from 45 to 60 won.
Income screening is based on health insurance premiums. For employee-insured households of 1 people, the out-of-pocket health insurance premium must be 13 ten-thousand-won or less to qualify. For single-income households of 4 people, 32 ten-thousand-won or less qualifies.
For dual-income households of 4 people, the household-size threshold is increased by 1 people. In that case, the health insurance premium must be 39 ten-thousand-won or less to qualify. The health insurance premiums are calculated by household by adding together the amounts charged in 3 of this year. Long-term care insurance premiums are excluded.
The payment amount varies by region according to the recipient’s place of residence. Residents of the Seoul metropolitan area receive 10 ten-thousand won. Residents outside the capital region receive 15 ten-thousand won.
There are 49 preferential areas with declining populations. Residents of these areas receive 20 ten-thousand won. There are 40 special areas with declining populations, and residents of these areas receive 25 ten-thousand won.
Households with high-value assets are excluded from eligibility for the payment. 2025 The combined assessed tax base for property tax in the year exceeds 12 hundred million won, they are excluded. 2024 They are also excluded if their total financial income, including interest and dividends, in the year exceeds 2,000 ten-thousand won. The number excluded is 937,000 households, or about 2,500,000 people.
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