Number of young basic livelihood recipients in 20s and 30s without illness or disability tops 20,000
Kim Hee-young (pseudonym, 22), who works at a youth self-sufficiency enterprise in Gyeonggi Province, described the self-reliance program environment as "a structure that easily breeds complacency." She confessed, "One reason people cannot break away from recipient status in the first place is that the work is easy while money comes in steadily," adding, "Be..