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Busan Metropolitan City Brings Warmth to Chuseok Again This Year... Sharing the Holiday with Vulnerable Residents

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Chun Jae-soo) announced that it has established an implementation plan for the “2026 Warm Chuseok Holiday Campaign” and will launch full-scale sharing activities to spread warmth and compassion among neighbors during the upcoming Chuseok holiday.

From today, September 9, through September 23, the day before the Chuseok holiday period begins, the city will designate approximately two weeks as the intensive implementation period for the “Warm Chuseok Holiday Campaign” and carry out a range of sharing activities for vulnerable residents across the city.

Senior city officials and all departments at City Hall and its affiliated offices will participate in delivering cash and in-kind donations to approximately 80 social welfare facilities in Busan.

The city will also provide funding for ancestral rite tables at four facilities for people experiencing homelessness, enabling them to hold joint ancestral rites even if they are unable to return to their hometowns. In addition, approximately 27,000 households of seniors living alone will receive holiday consolation payments of KRW 50,000 per person.

Major related organizations will also extend a helping hand and participate in the “Warm Chuseok Holiday Campaign.”

The Busan Community Chest of Korea (Chairman Lee Su-tae) will provide KRW 100,000 per household to 11,300 low-income and vulnerable households and KRW 35 million each to two counseling centers for residents of single-room occupancies, providing a total of KRW 1.2 billion in special living expense support.

The Korean Red Cross Busan Chapter (Chairman Seo Jeong-ui) will provide nutritious rice meal sets worth KRW 28,000 per household to 2,362 low-income households, for a total value of KRW 66.1 million.

All 16 districts and counties in Busan will also establish their own plans and actively participate in sharing warmth with local residents during the Chuseok holiday.

Mayor Chun Jae-soo said, “Every year during the holiday season, the city, districts and counties, related organizations, and civic groups have practiced sharing with neighbors in need and social welfare facilities, and we will ensure that these efforts are carried out meaningfully again this year.”

He added, “As we celebrate Chuseok, one of Korea’s traditional holidays, I ask for the strong interest and cooperation of our citizens so that socially vulnerable residents can experience the warmth and compassion of the season.”