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Accommodation Brokerage Fine of 5 Million Won from Nov 12 · Traditional Market Support Applications Due Nov 16 and 1 More | Administrative Briefing Oct 20
Covers the Public Health Control Act enforcement decree amendment (5 million won fine for brokering accommodation without a verified business registration certificate, effective Nov 12), the 2027 traditional market and shopping district support project (applications close Nov 16), and the non-face-to-face medical care rule notice (comments until Nov 9).
Support of up to 1 million won for the use of columbarium facilities for national merit recipients: Notice to 1,740 bereaved family members who have not yet applied and required application documents
The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs will cross-check death and funeral facility information with the Ministry of Health and Welfare to identify 1,740 national merit recipients who died between January 2023 and May 2026 and have not received support for burial facility fees other than national cemeteries, and will notify their bereaved families. For those who have actually paid the fees for interment in charnel houses, columbarium walls, or natural burial sites, actual expenses will be supported up to a limit of 1 million KRW per person.
Intensive crackdown on license plate impoundment for unpaid automobile taxes until the end of December; temporary suspension of impoundment for livelihood-related cases for 6 months and installment payments available.
On October 15, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the National Police Agency, and the Korea Expressway Corporation conducted inspections at nine tollgates nationwide, including those in Incheon, and seized 1,946 license plates from vehicles with two or more unpaid automobile taxes. Local governments will operate a comprehensive cleanup period for unpaid taxes for the second half of the year until the end of December, increasing nighttime and dawn seizures. Owners of vehicles used for livelihood may apply for a temporary release of the seizure (for up to 6 months, with a one-time 3-month extension) or installment payments.
E-9 Employment Permits Issued from Oct 19 · Building Act Decree Comments Due Oct 26 and 3 more | Admin Briefing Oct 19
E-9 4th-round permit issuance (manufacturing Oct 19–23), Building Act Enforcement Decree re-notice (multi-family 4 floors, comments by Oct 26), subcontracting survey (15,000 firms, 1-year period) and animal welfare direct payment decree (comments by Nov 25).
Implementation of 4-story limit for multi-family houses to take effect on November 12 · Business cancellation for fraudulent receipt of electronic vouchers and 2 other cases | Administrative Briefing October 17
Due to the re-announcement of the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act, the number of floors for multi-family housing will be relaxed to 4 floors or fewer, and the floor area standards for multi-unit and multi-family housing will be relaxed to less than 1,000㎡, with implementation scheduled for November 12 (comments accepted until October 26). Regarding social service electronic vouchers, sanctions will be strengthened to include business suspension for second-time violations of false claims and fines up to five times the amount, and administrative fine procedures have commenced for 17 marriage service providers due to failure to disclose prices.
Electrical construction performance reporting expanded to contracts under 10 million won · Corrective orders for traditional liquor certification violations and 1 more | Administrative Briefing, Oct 16
A draft amendment to the Electrical Construction Business Act Enforcement Rule expands simplified performance reporting to contracts under 10 million won (comments until Nov 25). Traditional liquor certification violations will first receive a corrective order, and Incheon is pushing to ease height limits around 15 heritage sites.