I was excited until I realized… this incentive only applies to straight people doesn’t it? Can I still get the offer as a gay foreigner?
- mikesaidyes: As a gay man myself married to a Korean, I literally LOL. We don’t exist in any legal capacity whatsoever. Don’t even have to watch the video, whatever it is you want it isn’t gonna happen, unfortunately.
- hwanks: >The heart-pounding Saha Bridge is a measure of population policy to overcome the crisis of low birth rate and local extinction. A pilot event was held last year, and a total of 7 couples were born, and we expect to hear news of marriage soon. Eligibility for participation is unmarried men and women born between 1986 and 1996. **Men must have actually lived or worked in Saha-gu for more than a year, and women must have lived or worked in Busan for more than a year**.
>Participants are finally selected through document screening and individual interviews. If a couple is formed after the event, 500,000 won per person will be supported for dating expenses. If they lead to marriage, 1 million won per couple will be supported for meeting expenses. A 50% discount on public parking lot usage fees for 3 years will be provided, and cultural and artistic usage fees will also be supported. **Depending on income**, wedding congratulatory money, housing expenses, childbirth congratulatory money, and travel support funds will be provided differentially. **Couples with an income of 120% or less of the median income will be supported** with 20 million won per couple for wedding congratulatory money, 30 million won for a jeonse deposit, 3 million won for a one-time childbirth congratulatory money, and 10 million won for travel support funds.
News Source (Korean) : [Link](http://www.mk.co.kr/news/society/11259401)
- Equal_Artichoke_5281: Ultimately, it seems like a policy aimed at increasing the birth rate. Also, since there is no same-sex marriage system in Korea, there seems to be no legal criteria for providing benefits.
- Fine-Cucumber8589: I understand why they are doing it but if it’s not backed by taxing superrich landowners, it will dramatically increase real estate price…just like it did during pandemic. Hope they learned that lesson.
- cickist: No.