[Herald Interview] Basic income a key policy: Yeoju mayor

Lee Hang-jin, mayor of Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, speaks during an interview with The Korea Herald at the Herald’s headquarters in Yongsan, central Seoul. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald) Being mayor of a city in Gyeonggi Province with a little over 110,000 residents means putting people first, says Yeoju Mayor Lee Hang-jin, and a universal basic income for farmers is one way to do that.

Yeoju was the first city in the province to provide an annual allowance to farmers, who make up a third of the city’s population, beginning last year. This year, the city is partnering with the province to […]

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