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The government announced yesterday (30th) that it would give disaster relief funds of up to 1 million won to approximately 14 million households, which is 70% of the country's total. However, there are many voices wondering if I can get paid because I haven't clarified the income standard. The government plans to announce specific payment targets next week.

First of all, I am reporter Hyung-Woo Jeon.

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As a government goal, the simplest way to give disaster aid in May is to use your health insurance standards.

However, because the condition of the property is not properly reflected, the fairness of the equity is inevitable.

In order to increase equity, it is necessary to conduct a detailed asset survey, but it took more than two months to create the lowest 90% of income-reflected criteria for the payment of children's allowance in 2018.

[Hyun Soo Choi / Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs: Strictly applying property is, of course, the best method in terms of equity or accuracy, but it takes a very long time.]

In particular, experts point out that it takes a long time to figure out real estate, rent, and financial property.

Yesterday, considering the equity, the government's position that it was considering ways to reflect financial assets and property such as real estate in income standards has changed somewhat.

[Kim Kang-lip / Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare: Considering the urgency of the (corona 19 damage), we need to create a standard that can be implemented in a short time.]

It is also possible to reflect only some of the assets that can be investigated quickly.

Even if you set a standard, if you are based on income from last year, some classes, such as self-employed or leave, whose recent income has plummeted, may be opposed.

[Mr. Self-employed: (This year) The sales have plummeted by over 90%, which means that they are not doing business.

The government plans to finalize specific payment targets next week, including how to remedy an objection if your income has plummeted recently.

(Video editing: Choi Jin-hwa)