[Newsmaker] Mayor of Seoul, Gyeonggi governor clash on social media over basic income plans

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon (Yonhap) The mayor of Seoul and the governor of Gyeonggi Province, the heads of the two largest local governments in South Korea, exchanged words over the weekend on the topic of basic income support.

While Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung proposes prioritizing the equal distribution of funds to people of all socioeconomic levels, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon wants to give more to those with less income.

The two had clashed in the past over the matter, but the conflict flared up again last week when Oh wrote a social media post criticizing Lee’s universal basic income plan.The idea […]

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