“Basic income” has emerged as a hot issue in both ruling and opposition parties with the opening of the 21st National Assembly. As Kim Chong-in, the chairman of the emergency committee of the United Future Party, brought up an idea to introduce basic income as a talking point to overcome the challenges on the conservative side, the ruling party, which wishes to lead all progressive agendas, seems so eager that it may propose a draft bill any time now. As the topic is likely to become an agenda for the 2022 presidential election in South Korea, potential presidential candidates […]
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