당정 "13세 이상 전국민에 통신비 2만원 일괄지원 추진"<br /><br />South Koreans aged 13 and over will be getting a one-off discounts of 20-thousand won, or about 17 U.S. dollars, off their phone bills.<br />The decision was made Wednesday in meeting between President Moon Jae-in and top lawmakers from the ruling party... to provide some consolation to people enduring the pandemic and its consequences.<br />The subsidy will be funded through the government's fourth extra budget,... which will be finalized on Thursday.<br />Also with the Chuseok holiday coming up, Moon and the ruling party agreed to encourage gift-purchasing, but not travel, because of COVID-19.<br />They'll do that through various measures, including raising the cap on gifts of meat, fish and produce... when given to people working in certain industries subject to a tough anti-corruption law.<br />President Moon also ordered officials to review plans to extend a tax deduction of 50 percent of the rent reductions landlords give to their tenants.<br />
