Gwangyang City (Mayor Jeong In-hwa) announced on the third that it’s implementing the 'Young Couple Marriage Celebration Fund' support program to alleviate the financial burden of young couples within the early stages of marriage and promote the inflow and settlement of young people within the region.

This program provides a marriage congratulatory gift of two million won to couples under the age of 49 who’ve registered their marriage.

Those eligible for support are couples who registered their marriage after July 4, 2022, and from this yr, remarried couples are also included. Support is provided just once per person, and if even one member of the couple has previously received support, they’re excluded.

After registering the wedding, each couples must reside in Jeollanam-do for not less than six months, and not less than considered one of the couples should have an address in Gwangyang.

As well as, the appliance deadline was expanded from inside 1 yr after 6 months from the date of marriage registration to inside 1 yr and 6 months, allowing more couples to receive the advantages.

In an effort to simplify the appliance process, previously only the wife was limited to applicants, but starting this yr, considered one of the couples can apply on the Gwangyang town/village office with no power of attorney.

Lee Hyang, head of the Gwangyang Birth Health Department, said, “Town will proceed to strive to alleviate the financial burden of young people within the early stages of marriage and support stable local settlement by strengthening inflow and settlement support measures which are actually helpful to young people.”

Reporter Lee Yu-seon energy@aiitmes.com