재난지원금 내일부터 지급 개시…먼저 신청하면 먼저 받는다<br /><br />The South Korean government will start giving out its second round of Covid-19 relief - made available from the fourth extra budget - this week... as it aims to get the handouts to those hit hardest by the pandemic before the Chuseok holiday starts next week.<br />For those of you eligible, it's first come, first serve, so make sure you get the application in.<br />Eum Ji-young has the details.<br />The South Korean government will start distributing COVID-19 relief funds from the fourth supplementary budget this week.<br />"The government will do its utmost to provide financial support before the Chuseok holiday to those hit hardest by the pandemic."<br />About 430 dollars each will be given out starting Thursday to some 500-thousand non-permanent workers and certain freelancers.<br />The government plans to provide relief funds to about two-point-four-one million business owners before Chuseok on a first come first served basis.<br />Everyone else who is eligible and applies can get the money later.<br />For small business owners who did not face quarantine restrictions, a lump sum of about 850 dollars will be given to those who qualify.<br />But those who had to shorten their operating hours will get around one-thousand-two-hundred-90 dollars regardless of their annual revenue.<br />Those banned from operating entirely will be given about one-thousand-seven-hundred 20 dollars.<br />( 1)Text messages are being sent to all eligible small business owners on Wednesday and they will be able to apply online starting Thursday ( 2) through the website shown in the text message.<br />( 3) The procedure requires only that they provide their business registration number, verify their identity and enter their bank account number.<br />Also, by next Tuesday, parents with young children will be provided with 170 dollars per child under the age of 14.<br />The government will also start giving out about 430 dollars on Tuesday to vulnerable people with low incomes and to young people seeking work.<br />Eum Ji-young Arirang News.<br />
