Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung (Yonhap) Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung officially asked the central government to draw an extra budget to pay all Koreans 200,000 won ($163) as a second disaster relief to help them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lee’s suggestion runs counter to the Finance Ministry’s position against additional disaster relief grants.
The provincial government of Gyeonggi said on Tuesday that it made the official proposal last Friday based on Lee’s decision to include the 10.37 trillion won needed to give every Korean 200,000 won in the central government’s third supplementary budget plan.Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs […]
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