Politics · South Korea · 1 hr ago
Gunsan to award scholarships to 60 children of small-business workers
Gunsan plans to award scholarships to 60 students who are children of small-business workers.
The South Korean city will select 40 high school students for 500,000 won each and 20 university students for 1 million won each.
Applicants must live in Gunsan and have a parent working at a local small or medium-sized business.
The program is intended to ease workers’ financial burden and help their children focus on their studies.
Applications are due from October 26 to November 6, 2026.
The city says detailed eligibility requirements are in the scholarship notice, and applicants can contact its jobs and economy department for information.
Gunsan will select 60 children of workers at local small and medium-sized businesses for scholarships in 2026.
The city will award scholarships to 40 high school students and 20 university students.
High school students will each receive 500,000 won, while university students will each receive 1 million won.
Applications will be accepted from October 26 to November 6.
Eligible applicants must live in Gunsan and be children of workers at small or medium-sized businesses based in the city.
- Who
- Gunsan City will select 60 children of workers at small and medium-sized businesses.
- What
- The city will award scholarships to 40 high school students and 20 university students.
- When
- Applications are open from October 26 to November 6, 2026.
- Where
- Gunsan, South Korea.
- Why
- The city says the scholarships aim to ease workers’ financial burdens and help their children focus on their studies.
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Gunsan City announced that it would recruit scholarship applicants.
The city will accept applications for the scholarships.
- Recipients
- 60 students
- High school awards
- 40 students; 500,000 won each
- University awards
- 20 students; 1 million won each
- Application period
- October 26-November 6, 2026
- Eligibility
- Applicants must live in Gunsan and have a parent working at a small or medium-sized business based in the city
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What people are saying
I hope this scholarship support will reduce workers’ financial burdens and help their children focus on their studies.