South Korea includes foreign residents with ‘close ties’ to citizens in state relief plan

Some foreign residents in South Korea will be eligible for government cash handouts, ranging from 100,000 won (US$67) to 600,000 won, to be distributed later in April under a supplementary budget aimed at offsetting high fuel costs amid the prolonged Middle East conflict. Non-South Korean nationals were in principle excluded from the subsidy programme, but exceptions would be made for those deemed to have “close ties” to citizens, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said on Sunday. Foreign...