Politics · South Korea · 9 hrs ago
Gwangmyeong to offer 750 families baby supplies worth 200,000 won
Gwangmyeong, a city in South Korea's Gyeonggi province, is starting a new baby-supplies support program.
From October 28, it will offer supplies worth 200,000 won to 750 families on a first-come, first-served basis.
Applicants must have lived in Gwangmyeong for at least three months and be at least 16 weeks pregnant or within two months of giving birth.
The support is meant to ease the costs of preparing for a baby and early childcare.
Families can choose from three packages: for birth preparation, childcare preparation, or personal selection.
Applications can be submitted by mobile, and eligible applicants must provide documents confirming their pregnancy or birth.
The city says it intends to continue strengthening support for families raising children.
Gwangmyeong will offer baby and childcare supplies worth 200,000 won to 750 eligible families on a first-come, first-served basis.
Applications open on October 28 for the city’s first baby-gift supplies support programme.
Eligible applicants are pregnant residents at least 16 weeks into pregnancy or mothers within two months of giving birth who have lived in Gwangmyeong for at least three months.
Applicants can choose from three supply sets to suit their needs.
The city says the programme aims to ease the financial burden of raising a child.
- Who
- Pregnant residents and mothers in Gwangmyeong who meet the residency and pregnancy or birth requirements.
- What
- The city will provide baby and childcare supplies worth 200,000 won to 750 families.
- When
- Applications open on October 28, 2026.
- Where
- Gwangmyeong, South Korea.
- Why
- The programme aims to ease the financial burden on families preparing for childbirth and raising children.
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Gwangmyeong announced the new support programme and said applications would begin the next day.
Applications for the supplies are scheduled to open.
- Support value
- 200,000 won in baby and childcare supplies
- Number of families
- 750
- Residency requirement
- At least three months in Gwangmyeong
- Pregnancy or birth requirement
- At least 16 weeks pregnant or within two months after giving birth
- Supply choices
- Three types: childbirth preparation, childcare preparation and personal choice
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What people are saying
We will support families preparing for childbirth and raising children with the baby and childcare supplies they need to ease the burden of raising children.
We will support families having and raising children with supplies that are genuinely helpful and ease the initial burden of childcare, even if only a little.