* **Low-income and vulnerable groups**:
* Basic livelihood security program (생계급여): Increased allowance, relaxed eligibility (medium income 30% -> 35% for 2025), increased for 4-person household (1.834M -> 1.952M KRW), relaxed dependent criteria.
* Emergency welfare support.
* Health and medical support: Health living maintenance fee doubled (6k -> 12k KRW/month), expanded medical aid recipients, reduced burden for fertility treatments.
* Education support: Increased education activity support for low-income students (elementary, middle, high school).
* Self-reliance support: Self-sufficiency Success Bonus (up to 1.5M KRW), Hope Savings Account (government matching doubled from 100k -> 200k KRW/month, total 10.8M KRW over 3 years), expansion of Didim Seed Account for children.
* Living recovery consumption coupon (생활회복 소비쿠폰): 150k-500k KRW per person based on income, additional 20k KRW for population decline areas.
* **Seniors (노인 복지)**:
* Basic pension (기초연금): Increased from max 334,810 KRW to 344,000 KRW (for 2025), target 400,000 KRW by 2028. Eligibility: 65+ years old, income below 2.13M KRW (single) / 3.408M KRW (couple). Budget increased by 8.2% to 21.8645 trillion KRW.
* Senior jobs: Record high 1.1 million jobs, budget increased from 2.0262 trillion KRW to 2.1847 trillion KRW.
* Long-term care insurance: Budget increased by 1.0% (2.523 trillion KRW), premium rate frozen for 2025.
* Senior-specific lifelong education voucher: 350k KRW/year for 8,000 low-income seniors (65+).
* Dementia relief centers: Expanded services.
* Customized care for single seniors: Expanded target, smart care devices, increased visits, non-face-to-face care.
* Pension system reform: Gradual improvement for couples receiving basic pension (no reduction), easing earned income pension reduction, housing pension reform.
* **Youth/Students (청년 지원)**:
* Youth monthly rent support: Up to 200k KRW/month for max 24 months. Eligibility: 19-34 years old, no house, separate residence from parents, income below 60% of median (individual) and 100% (household).
* Youth Jeonse loan: Low interest (2.0-3.1%), up to 50M KRW. Eligibility: 19-34 years old, household head, income below 50M KRW, net assets below 337M KRW.
* Public housing supply: Record high 252,000 units, 47,000 more than previous year.
* 1,000-won breakfast project: Gradually expanded.
* AI-specialized training.
* **Childbirth/Childcare (출산·양육 지원)**:
* First Meeting Voucher (첫만남이용권): 2M KRW for first child, 3M KRW for second and subsequent children. Usage period extended from 1 to 2 years.
* Parental allowance (부모급여): 0-11 months: 1M KRW/month; 12-23 months: 500k KRW/month.
* Child allowance (아동수당): 100k KRW/month for children under 7.
* Parental leave: Can be divided up to 4 times, spousal paternity leave increased (10 -> 20 days), maternity leave for premature births extended (90 -> 100 days). Parental leave salary cap increased to 2.5M KRW/month, post-payment system abolished. Support for substitute workers expanded.
* Reduced working hours for childcare: Eligibility expanded to children up to 12 years old.
* Early life health management service: Expanded to 78 cities/counties for pregnant women and infants under 2.
* Childcare services: Elderly job program linked to childcare, 169 new ‘Dahamkke Dolbom Centers’ for elementary school children (6-12 years old).
* Fertility treatment support: Health insurance support expanded to max 25 times, reduced co-payment, support for fertility testing for unmarried youth.
* Unpaid child support: National Advance Payment System for Child Support introduced.
* **Small Business Owners (소상공인 정책자금)**:
* Total policy funds: 26.5 trillion KRW newly supplied for 2025.
* General management stabilization fund: 1.22 trillion KRW (increased by 110 billion KRW from 2024).
* Emergency management stabilization fund: Expanded eligibility to include businesses affected by supplier closures, rising prices.
* Direct loans for small startups: For businesses with less than 104M KRW revenue and less than 7 years in business.
* “Somang Chungjeon Project” (소망충전 프로젝트): Additional liquidity or preferential interest rates for diligent repayers.
* Innovation growth promotion fund: 360 billion KRW (increased by 100 billion KRW from 2024) for promising small businesses (local creators, strong small businesses), support for “graduation candidate” businesses.
* “Sangsaeng Seongjang Jiwon Jageum” (상생성장지원자금): New fund, specific details to be checked.
* Policy loan interest rates: Q1 2025 at 3.15%.
* Online application: ols.semas.or.kr.
* **Other general policies**:
* Minimum wage: 10,000 KRW/hour from Jan 1, 2025 (monthly 2,096,270 KRW for 40-hour week).
* National Growth Fund: 150 trillion KRW to support high-tech industries (AI, etc.), low-interest loans, energy infrastructure.
* Debt restructuring scheme: 800 billion KRW “bad bank” to help individuals with overdue debts, launching Oct 2025.
* DSR regulations tightened for capital area debt.
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