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Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party has proposed providing basic income to every newborn in South Korea as a means to tackle the country’s low birth rate crisis. He has also emphasized that winning the general election is the last chance to save the nation.

https://tradingeconomics.com/south-korea/households-debt-to-gdp

https://opennet.or.kr/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Alissa-Starzak_Cloudflare.pdf

“I would rather give up another year of my youth studying and trying again if I don’t make it ‘in-Seoul.’”

The Defense Ministry said Friday that it will seek to remove a requirement that transgender women must have received hormone therapy to qualify for alternative forms of national service.

Losses from equity-linked securities (ELS) tied to the performance of the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI) sold by Korea’s top five commercial lenders have almost reached 230 billion won ($171 million) for this year, market watchers said Sunday. The high-risk, high-volatility index encompasses 50 shares of Chinese firms traded outside mainland China.

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) – The Military Manpower Administration (MMA) said Thursday it has created a cyber investigation team to step up monitoring on those who attempt to evade mandatory military service and crack down on draft dodgers.