By payment method, 1,076,418 applicants chose credit or debit cards, 814,481 chose prepaid cards, 508,490 chose mobile or card-based local gift certificates, and 67,207 chose paper local gift certificates, the ministry said.
By region, Gyeonggi Province had the most applicants with 466,625, followed by Seoul with 414,014, Busan with 225,261, Incheon with 171,182, South Gyeongsang Province with 164,727, Daegu with 147,287 and North Gyeongsang Province with 142,425.
Application rates were highest in South Jeolla Province at 80.9%, followed by Busan and Gwangju at 80.1% each, Seoul at 79.0%, Ulsan at 79.0%, Incheon at 77.8% and Daegu at 77.6%.
By region, payments totaled 251.4 billion won in Gyeonggi Province, 223.7 billion won in Seoul, 133.4 billion won in Busan, 96.9 billion won in South Gyeongsang Province, 87.1 billion won in Daegu and 83.6 billion won in North Gyeongsang Province.
The relief program is designed to cover 70% of the population, providing 100,000 to 600,000 won per person. The first round targets basic livelihood recipients, near-poverty households and single-parent families.
First-round applications are being accepted online and in person from 9 a.m. April 27 through 6 p.m. May 8. Applicants can choose to receive the payment via credit or debit card, prepaid card or local gift certificate.
A weekday application system based on the last digit of a person’s birth year applied during the first week but has since been lifted.
Eligible people who miss the first-round window can apply during the second-round period from May 18 to July 3. The funds must be used by Aug. 31 this year.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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