Korea’s Modu Card: check your registered card number by October 26
When to update a mismatched Modu Card number, what happens during the October 27 system maintenance, and what it does not mean for transit use.
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When to update a mismatched Modu Card number, what happens during the October 27 system maintenance, and what it does not mean for transit use.
Birth-date eligibility, the November 9 18:00 deadline, Youth DB application steps and receipt-status checks for Korea's fourth MAFRA youth advisory group.
A guide to the disability-household priority group in Korea's fifth 2026 welfare-risk screening round and questions to prepare for local consultation.
A plain-English guide to the fifth welfare-risk screening round, its investigation window, and a separate planned referral from illegal-lending counseling.
The October 18 ministry announcement identifies 1,740 previously unsupported cases. Separate discovery, family application, eligibility checks and documented fees.
What Korea's October 16, 2026 petroleum ceiling announcement sets for gasoline, diesel and kerosene from October 17—and why the figures are not universal retail pump prices.
A guide to distinguishing Seoul-area housing starts, quarterly public sale and rental announcement plans, and live LH application notices in October 2026.
The Military Manpower Administration's first and second application rounds for 2027 social-service call-up: eligibility, 2026 dates, results and preference rules.
A family worksheet for Korea's proposed senior welfare housing residence rules: the existing age-60 route, proposed age-65 addition, qualifying support and legislative-notice status.
Separate the October 12 rule change, financial institutions' Q4 applications and the claim-specific limitations date before asking about Korea's conditional bad-debt recognition.
The October 2026 ministry plan would raise the account's income ceiling from KRW 50m to KRW 70m; check the amended notice, bank implementation and separate tax-benefit tests.
Check the current 65% median-income threshold, KRW 250,000 monthly amount per child and in-person application route; the announced 66% threshold is a 2027 plan.
How to read Korea's September 2026 victim-status decisions: the 623 approvals, 44 accepted objections, and a separate reapplication route after changed circumstances.
The October 23 deadline, retirement-contribution day thresholds for workers versus children, academic minimums and selection criteria for the Korean construction-worker scholarship.
What the enacted 2026 decrees actually say about the two-year capital-gains rule, the comprehensive real estate tax assessment date, and pre-August 3 acquisition or contract-and-deposit exceptions.
Separate the 2026 central veterans allowance from local payments and the ministry's nonbinding 2029 guidance, then check your municipality's current rule.
Distinguish the announced 2027 Grade 9 low-income-track changes from the requirements in effect in 2026.
Separate the second national growth fund’s dated October 7 figures from current seller availability and review risks before applying.
Separate the October 28 interview-application deadline from the November 10 general-attendance and in-depth-session deadlines using the Korean government release and the fair operator's current guide.
The planned November 13, 2026 minimum-recovery and advance-payment rules for recognized rental-fraud victims: eligibility paths, application timing, and deductions explained from the ministry PDF.
Read the Korean housing ministry's October 2026 figures as investigation statuses, not a final cancellation rate; distinguish a proposed adult-child residency rule from today's requirements.
As checked October 6, Korea's agency still displays a 150% median-income test, while the ministry has announced its removal from October 29. A practical guide to claims, payment history and documents.
The Korean National Tax Service extended certain October VAT payments to December 28 for identified flood-area and Homeplus-related businesses. Filing deadlines are a separate question.
South Korea's proposed military-service National Pension credit expansion: what the 2027 discharge cohort, current 12-month cap and overlapping pension periods mean before the law takes effect.
A decision guide to the six Korean welfare-bill amendments passed on October 1, 2026: what is still an application, what may become a deemed application, and what date is not yet established.
A decision guide to Korea's October 1–2 application pause, winter billing deduction and physical-card start dates, and household eligibility checks.
An official-source guide to country selection, free lessons, eligibility and visa checks after the October 2026 sign-up change.
Check who received Korea’s 2021–25 non-filer refund notice, how to file using official channels, and why a 2.2% withholding rate is not yet in effect.
A checklist for the 252-day and recent accrual tests, birth-date registration, and cash-versus-goods amounts.
A practical guide to Korea’s September 30–November 30 police grievance intake, e-People, postal applications and the limits of the process.
The September 30, 2026 expansion adds KRW 100,000 for eligible workers with four to under seven years of contributions; older seven-plus-year tiers remain intact.
Compare seven new self-paced courses with the Korea Employment Information Service's 2026 live video classes for mid-career jobseekers, including eligibility and application checks.
A 2026 decision guide to Seoul's Donghaeng Safety Bell pre-application, app requirements, free eligibility, the KRW 7,000 contribution and selection timing.
What to do at a Korean car-crash scene, how to document it and contact your motor insurer, and what to check before vehicle repair. Tap-to-call Korean and +82 numbers.
A 2026 guide to Korea's private-school Teachers' Pension, National Pension contributions, statutory severance and the separate retirement allowance.
A side-by-side guide to Korea's planned 2027 renewable-power contract market: new solar projects, existing REC contracts and spot-market transition, and the still-unsettled small-project rules.
A decision table for converting Korean cheongyak savings, installment or deposit accounts to the comprehensive account by September 30, 2027, with limits on prior credit and the planned interest-rule change.
A corrected guide to Busan's 2026 small-business energy voucher: opening date, Busan business location, annualised sales, operating status, Dongbaekjeon application hours and the December 31 spending deadline.
An English guide to Korea's second Youth Future Savings application window, income and household tests, November account opening, and the proper order for switching from the Youth Leap Account.
A practical English guide to Korea's new five-day spousal pregnancy-loss leave, longer maternity leave for preterm and multiple births, and broader prenatal childcare leave from September 18, 2026.