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South Korea: Lottery for “Another Life”– Tio Su-ki Basic Income Pilot for and...
Daejeon, South Korea. Started in October 2016 a group of young people from Daejeon in South Korea initiated the ‘Tio Su-Ki project’, which was presented by the Basic Income Korea Network (BIKN) at...
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Basic Income Korea Network holds sixth General Assembly
The 6th General Assembly (GA) of Basic Income Korea Network was held in Seoul. The GA is held every January, in which we examine the activities of last year and decide what activities we should carry...
View ArticleSeoul, Korea: Conference “Innovation, social investment and basic income”
On the 8th and 9th of November 2018, a Conference intitled “Innovation, social investment and basic income” will be hosted in the Institute for Welfare State Research, located in Seoul, South Korea....
View ArticleKorea to launch provincial ‘Youth Basic Income’ program
Korea's provincial program will unconditionally give US$900 in local currency per year to 24-year-old residents of Gyeonggi province.
View ArticleSouth Korea: Suwon province holds a fair focused on basic income
Last Monday, on the 29th of April, a special event was held in Suwon, a city in the province of Gyeonggi-do, just south of Seoul, South Korea. This event was conceived as a fair, the first of its kind,...
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Korea: Interview with pro-UBI provincial governor
Governor Jae-myung Lee introduced the “Seongnam Youth Dividend” in 2016 during his term as the mayor of Seongnam city. It was a partial basic income for youth.
View Article3rd Gyeonggi Basic Income Conference featured researchers from BIEN
With the theme, ‘From the COVID-19 Disaster to New Great Transition, Basic Income!’ the 3rd annual Basic Income International Conference was held in Gyeonggi Provence, South Korea, 28-29 April 2021....
View ArticleSouth Korea: The report on Youth Basic Income in Gyeonggi Province
Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea, has been implementing the Youth Basic Income (YBI) programme since April 1, 2019. The English edition of the report on the project was published in July and can be...
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Basic Income Takes a Hit in Korea
On March 9, South Korea took to the polls for the 2022 Presidential Election. Former governor of Gyeonggi province, Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party lost by a narrow margin of less than...
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Where does Korea’s basic income movement go next?
On March 9th, 48.56 percent of Korean people voted for Yoon Seok-yeol of the People Power Party which won only 0.7 percent more compared to 47.83% for Lee Jae-myung who pledged to implement basic...
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