Topic: Policy

Korea Cracks Down on Ticket Scalpers at Ballparks as the KBO Postseason Starts

Residents of Senior Welfare Housing Could Stay On Even as Their Health Declines

Second Round of Korea's Youth Future Savings Opens Until the 16th, With a Bigger Match Planned Next Year

Korea Issues a Consumer Alert Over Scams Using Leaked Personal Data: Don't Tap Links in Texts

The 580th Hangul Day Ceremony, Themed 'Hangul by My Side', With About 1,200 Guests

Korea Rises One Place to 12th in the WEF Tourism Index, With Sustainability Up From 20th to 13th

Humidifier Disinfectant Victims Can Get State Compensation Without Suing, From October 8

Families Can Get Up to 5 Passports in One Delivery as Bundled Mail Goes Nationwide October 6

Hangul Day Turns 100: Hangul Week Runs October 6 to 17, With an Eve Event at Gwanghwamun

Flu Shots for People Aged 65 and Over Start October 6, in Order of Age

Korea Trials the K-Tour Pass for Foreign Visitors to Busan, Priced at 15,000 Won

Korea Cuts the Temporary Two-Home Tax Break in Regulated Areas From Three Years to Two

Korea Runs an Unpaid-Wage Clearance Period to 31 October, With Living-Cost Loans at 1%

Local Clinics Go Beyond Treatment: A Pilot at 120 Clinics Starts 29 September

Korea Bans Entrance Tests for Preschoolers at Private Academies From October

The Window to Switch Old Housing Subscription Accounts Is Extended a Year, With the Top 3.1% Rate From the Day of the Switch

A Government App for Comparing Grocery Prices Starts in Five Korean Cities

Mobile ID Now Works at the Airport Too, With the Same Legal Force as a Plastic Card

From 1 October, KTX Tickets Can Be Booked Two Months Ahead; Foreigner Site to Add Three Languages

Civil Servants Get a Separate 'Infertility Leave' From 3 December, Granted as a Rule

The Land Ministry Will Sanction Serious Illegal Subcontracting Itself, With Penalties Halved for Firms That Self-Report

Three National Arboretums Are Free Over Chuseok, With a Siberian Tiger Programme on the 26th

New Five-Day Leave for a Spouse's Miscarriage From 18 September; Paternity Leave From 50 Days Before Birth

Seoul Runs Buses and Subways Until 1 a.m. on 26–27 September; 74 ERs Open Around the Clock

제천 Halts New Applications to Its Koryo-saram Resettlement Scheme

Busan Expects 4 Million Foreign Visitors; Police Post Foreign-Affairs Teams to 해운대 and 광안리

Foreigners Now Need 15 Days a Month of Residence to Back-Pay National Pension

Inje's DMZ Peace Trail Reopens With a 46 km Electric-Bus Round Trip, 20 People a Session

Foreign Students Reach 307,464, a Year Early; Uncertified Universities Barred From 2029

Korean Requirement for the F-2-R Regional Visa Eased From TOPIK 4 to 3

Stay a Night on an Island and Claim Up to 100,000 Won Toward the Trip, With Applications Opening on 8 September

A Newark-Incheon Direct Route Launches, and the Korea Tourism Organization Greets the First Passengers With Traditional Snacks and Calligraphy

The 2027 Welfare Ministry Budget Proposal Is 148.7697 Trillion Won, Raising the Monthly Living Allowance for a One-Person Household to 876,000 Won

This Year's Non-Covered Treatment Prices Were Published, and the Same Shockwave Therapy Costs 70,000 Won at One Clinic and 175,000 Won at Another

Three More Villages Join Korea's Rural Workation Scheme, Bringing It to 13, with up to 50,000 Won off a Weekday

EV Charging Discounted by up to 32% on Weekend and Holiday Middays, from September 5 to October 31

Seoul's Portal for Foreign Residents Relaunches as 'MY SEOUL+', with Consultations Bookable in the Browser

Expressway Tolls Waived September 24 to 27 for Chuseok, and KTX Fares Cut by an Average 10% from September

Jinan County Makes Its First Rural Basic Income Payment: 300,000 Won per Person for July and August

Apostilles for Disability Certificates Go Online from August 31, Replacing a Postal Process That Took Up to Ten Days

Government Opens PF and Builder Finance Help Centres on September 1, Split Between the FSS and the Korea Development Bank

From August 28, Scalping Concert and Sports Tickets Can Cost Up to 50 Times the Sale Price

Toilets and Parking on Farmland Can Now Be Built with Only a Notification

Seocho-gu to Cover Up to 200,000 Won a Year in Exam Fees for Unemployed Young People

Restarting in the Same Line of Business Will Count as a Startup After One Year, Down from Three

보건복지부 Sets Up a Support Team to Move Inpatients Out of a Closing Hospital in Ulsan

Affiliated-Hospital Access Drops From Age 75 to 65 for Top-Priority Bereaved Families of People of National Merit

National University Hospitals Pass From the Education Ministry to Health and Welfare, 21 Years On

Korea Proposes Wider Recycling Rules for Used Batteries, Adding Wind Blades and ESS to Collection Centres

Korea Expands State-Paid Back Wages for Workers of Failed Companies to Six Months

Young Savers in the Youth Tomorrow Savings Scheme Saw Monthly Income Rise by More Than 500,000 Won in Three Years

The 7th National Bioethics Committee Convenes to Review End-of-Life Care and AI Health Data

No Special Pardon This Liberation Day, Only Ordinary Parole

The Government Eases Rules for Chips, Batteries and Bio, Unblocking 4.28 Trillion Won in Investment

The Government Will Add 230,000 Homes in the Capital Region and Cut the Wait to Groundbreaking From 68 Months to 37

The State Will Now Also Compensate Severe Disability in Mothers From Unavoidable Childbirth Accidents

Recognised Jeonse-Fraud Victims Reach 40,278, and Three in Four Are Under 40

Korea's Hometown Love Donation Tax Credit Set to Vary by Region Under 2026 Tax Reform Plan

Jeonnam-Gwangju and Jeju Bid to Host Korea's Second Space Center

Parents Can Apply Online for a Child's Entry-Exit Certificate on Gov24 from Aug. 7

Pilot Project Helping Separated Children Return to Their Birth Families Expands to South Gyeongsang

Korea's Dementia Care Doctor Pilot Expands to 92 Districts Nationwide in August

Jeju Launches 'Companion Island' Program for Its Uninhabited Islands

KTX and SRT in One App: Korail+ Launches August 3

Samsung Card Picked to Join Korea's Mobile ID Apps

Korea Opens 2026 Second-Semester Student Loan Applications, Debuts First AI Study-Support Loan

Korea to Fine Ticket Scalpers Up to 50 Times the Sale Price From Aug. 28

Korea's Interior Ministry Launches Public Campaign and Video Contest on Illegal Structures in Rivers and Valleys

Justice Ministry Sets Formal Rules for Its Yearly Work-Visa Quota System

Korea's 2026 Minimum Wage Set at 10,320 Won per Hour

Concerns Grow Over Korea's National Pension Sustainability

How Korea's National Health Insurance System Works

Korea's Volume-Based Waste Fee: Pay-As-You-Throw Since 1995