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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2014</h1>
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<h1>South Korea</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 = 1065.71 won.</div>
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<h2>Old Age, Disability, and Survivors</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1973 (national welfare pension).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1986 (national pension) and 2007 (basic <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance and social assistance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Social insurance:</span> Employed and self-employed persons, including farmers and fisherman. Voluntary coverage for employed and self-employed persons aged 60 to 64.</p>
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<p>Special systems for civil servants, private-school employees, military personnel, and employees of the special post office.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Basic <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension:</span> Citizens and foreigners married to South Koreans.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> 4.5% of gross monthly earnings. Voluntarily insured persons contribute 9% of the previous year's median monthly income of all individually insured persons.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 260,000 won.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 4,080,000 won.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> 9% of gross monthly earnings.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 260,000 won.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 4,080,000 won.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> 4.5% of gross monthly payroll.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 260,000 won.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 4,080,000 won.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social insurance:</span> Part of the cost of administration; contributions for some farmers and fishermen, some low-income employees, parents with more than two children, and insured persons with military service.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Social assistance:</span> The total cost.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension (social insurance):</span> Age 61 (gradually rising to age 65 by 2034) with 20 years of coverage.</p>
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<p>Income and earnings test: If younger than age 65, taxable monthly income or earnings from gainful activity must not exceed 1,981,975 won.</p>
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<p>Reduced <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension: Age 61 (gradually rising to age 65 by 2034) with 10 to 19 years of coverage.</p>
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<p>Income and earnings test: Taxable monthly income or earnings from gainful activity must not exceed 1,981,975 won.</p>
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<p>Active <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension: Aged 61 to 65 with 10 years of coverage and in gainful activity with monthly taxable income exceeding 1,981,975 won.</p>
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<p>Early pension: Aged 56 to 60 with 10 years of coverage.</p>
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<p>Income and earnings test: Taxable monthly income or earnings from gainful activity must not exceed 1,981,975 won.</p>
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<p>Dependent's supplement: Paid for eligible dependents, including the spouse, children younger than age 18 or assessed with a first-degree (total loss of work capacity and requiring constant attendance) or second-degree (severe loss of work capacity) disability, and parents (including the spouse's parents) aged 61 or older or assessed with a first-degree or second-degree disability.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age <span class="nobr">lump-sum</span> refund (social insurance):</span> Age 61 with less than 10 years of coverage; at any age if the insured emigrates permanently, loses Korean citizenship, or if there is a bilateral agreement for insured foreigners who leave Korea.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Split pension (social insurance):</span> Age 61 and divorced. Must have been married to an insured spouse for at least five years during his or her covered employment.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Basic <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension (social assistance):</span> Age 65 with an income below 870,000 won a month for a single person or 1,392,000 won for a couple.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension (social insurance):</span> Must be assessed with a first-degree (total loss of work capacity and requiring constant attendance), second-degree (severe loss of work capacity), or third-degree (less severe loss of work capacity) disability as the result of a disease or injury that began while insured. The insured must have paid 66.7% of scheduled contributions on time (except when the unpaid coverage period is less than six months).</p>
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<p>The National Pension Service assesses the degree of disability.</p>
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<p>At the request of the beneficiary, the National Pension Service may reassess the degree of disability and adjust the benefit amount.</p>
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<p>Dependent's supplement: Paid for eligible dependents, including the spouse, children younger than age 18 or assessed with a first-degree (total loss of work capacity and requiring constant attendance) or second-degree (severe loss of work capacity) disability, and parents (including the spouse's parents) aged 61 or older or assessed with a first-degree or second-degree disability.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Lump-sum disability benefit (social insurance):</span> Paid for a fourth-degree disability (partial loss of work capacity). The insured must have paid 66.7% of scheduled contributions on time (except when the unpaid coverage period is less than six months).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension (social insurance):</span> Paid when an insured person (the deceased must have paid 66.7% of scheduled contributions on time, except when the unpaid coverage period is less than six months), an <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pensioner, or a disability pensioner with a first- or second-degree disability dies.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include a spouse, parents, and grandparents (including the spouse's parents or grandparents) aged 61 or older or assessed with a first- or second-degree disability, and children and grandchildren younger than age 19 (any age if assessed with a first- or second-degree disability). The pension is paid to eligible survivors in the following order of priority: spouse, children, parents, grandchildren, and grandparents.</p>
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<p>Dependent's supplement: Paid for eligible dependents, including the spouse, children younger than age 18 or assessed with a first-degree (total loss of work capacity and requiring constant attendance) or second-degree (severe loss of work capacity) disability, and parents (including the spouse's parents) aged 61 or older or assessed with a first-degree or second-degree disability.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor <span class="nobr">lump-sum</span> refund (social insurance):</span> Paid when an insured or formerly insured person who did not qualify for the survivor pension dies.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Lump-sum death benefit (social insurance):</span> Paid to dependent survivors (direct blood-relatives including cousins) if there are no eligible survivors for the survivor pension or survivor <span class="nobr">lump-sum</span> refund.</p>
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<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension (social insurance):</span> With 20 years of coverage, the basic monthly pension amount (<abbr class="spell">BPA</abbr>) is 1.41 (decreasing by 0.015 a year until reaching 1.2 in 2028) times the sum of the national average indexed monthly wage in the three years immediately before the year in which the pension is first paid and the insured's average monthly wage over the insured's total contribution period. An increment is paid for each year of coverage exceeding 20 years.</p>
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<p>Reduced <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension: 50% to 95% of the monthly <abbr class="spell">BPA</abbr> is paid with at least 10 years but less than 20 years of coverage.</p>
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<p>Active <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension: The pension is based on the insured's <abbr class="spell">BPA</abbr>, the total number of years of coverage, and the insured's age when the pension is first paid.</p>
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<p>Early pension: The pension is based on the insured's <abbr class="spell">BPA</abbr>, the total number of years of coverage, and the insured's age when the pension is first paid.</p>
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<p>Dependent's supplement: 244,690 won a year for a spouse and 163,090 won a year for each child or parent is paid to all pensioners, except those receiving the active <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the consumer price index for the previous year.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age <span class="nobr">lump-sum</span> refund (social insurance):</span> A lump sum of the insured's total contributions (including any employer contributions) plus interest calculated at the basic bank rate on the date of the refund is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Split pension (social insurance):</span> Up to 50% of the insured ex-spouse's pension is paid, according to the length of marriage.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Basic <span class="nobr">old-age</span> pension (social assistance):</span> Up to 200,000 won is paid, according to income.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension (social insurance):</span> The pension is calculated according to the insured's basic monthly pension amount (<abbr class="spell">BPA</abbr>) and assessed degree of disability. For a first-degree disability (total loss of work capacity and requiring constant attendance), 100% of the insured's <abbr class="spell">BPA</abbr> is paid; 80% for a second-degree disability (severe loss of work capacity); and 60% for a third-degree disability (less severe loss of work capacity).</p>
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<p>The <abbr class="spell">BPA</abbr> is 1.41 (decreasing by 0.015 a year until reaching 1.2 in 2028) times the sum of the average indexed national monthly wage in the three years immediately before the year in which the pension is first paid and the insured's average monthly wage over the insured's total contribution period. An increment is paid for years of coverage exceeding 20 years.</p>
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<p>Dependent's supplement: 244,690 won a year for a spouse and 163,090 won a year for each child or parent is paid to insured persons with an assessed <span class="nobr">first-,</span> <span class="nobr">second-,</span> or third-degree disability.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the consumer price index for the previous year.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Lump-sum disability benefit (social insurance):</span> 225% of the <abbr class="spell">BPA</abbr> is paid to insured persons with a fourth-degree disability (partial loss of work capacity).</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension (social insurance):</span> 60% of the deceased's basic monthly pension amount (<abbr class="spell">BPA</abbr>) is paid with at least 20 years of contributions; 50% with 10 to 19 years; 40% with less than 10 years.</p>
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<p>The <abbr class="spell">BPA</abbr> is 1.41 (decreasing by 0.015 a year until reaching 1.2 in 2028) times the sum of the average indexed national monthly wage in the three years immediately before the year in which the pension is first paid and the insured's average monthly wage over the insured's total contribution period. An increment is paid for years of coverage exceeding 20 years.</p>
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<p>Dependent's supplement: 163,090 won a year is paid for each child or parent.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the consumer price index for the previous year.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor <span class="nobr">lump-sum</span> refund (social insurance):</span> A lump sum of the deceased's total contributions (including employer contributions) plus accrued interest calculated at the basic bank rate on the date of the refund is paid.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Lump-sum death benefit (social insurance):</span> A lump sum of the deceased's total contributions (including employer contributions) plus accrued interest based on the average annual bank interest rate is paid.</p>
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<p>The maximum <span class="nobr">lump-sum</span> death benefit is four times the deceased's last covered monthly wage, or the average covered monthly wage for the entire insured period, whichever is higher.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Health and Welfare (<a href="http://mw.go.kr">http://www.mw.go.kr</a>) provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Pension Service (<a href="https://www.nps.or.kr">http://www.nps.or.kr</a>) administers the program and pays benefits.</p>
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<h2>Sickness and Maternity</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First laws:</span> 1963 (voluntary medical insurance for employees) and 1976 (compulsory national medical insurance), implemented in 1977.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1993 (employment insurance), implemented in 1995; 1999 (national health insurance), implemented in 2000; 2002 (financial stability of national health insurance); 2003 (collection of premiums, employment insurance), implemented in 2005; 2008 <span class="nobr">(long-term</span> care insurance); and 2010 (integrated collection of social insurance contributions).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system. Maternity, medical, and <span class="nobr">long-term</span> care benefits only.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity and child-care benefits:</span> Employees.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage for certain small businesses in agriculture, forestry, hunting, fishery, and construction; electricians; telecommunications workers; fire service personnel; certain self-employed persons; and household workers.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Persons working less than 60 hours a month or less than 15 hours a week, and family labor.</p>
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<p>Special systems for civil servants, private-school employees, military personnel, and employees of the special post office.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical and <span class="nobr">long-term</span> care benefits:</span> All Korean citizens and employees. Voluntary coverage for foreigners residing in Korea.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Low-income citizens covered by the means-tested medical aid program.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Cash benefits:</span> See source of funds for Unemployment.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Medical and <span class="nobr">long-term</span> care benefits:</span> 3% (medical benefits) and 0.19% <span class="nobr">(long-term</span> care) of gross monthly earnings.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 280,000 won.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 78,100,000 won.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Varies based on personal factors including property ownership, income, age, and gender.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer</span></p>
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<p><span class="h5">Cash benefits:</span> See source of funds for Unemployment.</p>
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<p><span class="h5">Medical and <span class="nobr">long-term</span> care benefits:</span> 3% (medical benefits) and 0.19% <span class="nobr">(long-term</span> care) of monthly payroll.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 280,000 won.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 78,100,000 won.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> Contributes as an employer.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 280,000 won.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions are 78,100,000 won.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits:</span> No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity and child-care benefits:</span> Must have at least 180 days of insurance before the last day of maternity leave or the first day of child-care leave.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Must not have missed paying more than six months of contributions since first becoming insured.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Long-term care:</span> Age 65 and in need of constant care; younger than age 65 and requiring constant care due to a medical condition such as dementia, cardiovascular disease, or Alzheimer's disease.</p>
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<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> 100% of the insured's wages is paid for 90 days (45 days must be after childbirth). The employer pays the first 60 days.</p>
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<p>The maternity benefit is subject to a maximum.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Child-care benefit:</span> A benefit is paid for up to 12 months.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical care:</span> Insured persons may receive special cash benefits for family caregivers, exceptional care, and hospitalization.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Benefits include medical treatment, surgery, hospitalization, and medicine. Doctors, clinics, hospitals, and pharmacists under contract with the National Health Insurance Service (<abbr class="spell">NHIS</abbr>) provide medical services.</p>
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<p>Maternity care is provided, with no limit on the number of children. There are no cash maternity benefits.</p>
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<p>Copayment: The insured pays 20% of hospitalization costs and 30% to 60% of outpatient care, depending on the type of facility. The maximum paid by each patient is 2,000,000 to 4,000,000 won a year, depending on income.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Long-term care:</span> <span class="nobr">In-home</span> services include visits, bathing, nursing, day and night care, <span class="nobr">short-term</span> respite care, and functional aids. Institutional care includes care given in licensed nursing homes, retirement homes, licensed residential establishments, and other <span class="nobr">long-term</span> care facilities.</p>
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<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits for dependents:</span> Medical benefits for dependents are the same as those for the insured.</p>
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<p>Eligible dependents have no income and live with the insured, including the insured's spouse, children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents, and siblings.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity and child-care benefits</span></p>
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<p>Ministry of Employment and Labor (<a href="https://www.moel.go.kr/">http://www.moel.go.kr/</a>) provides general supervision, pays benefits, and administers the program.</p>
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<p>Korea Worker's Compensation and Welfare Service (http://www.kcomwel.or.kr) sets contribution rates.</p>
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<p>National Health Insurance Service (<a href="https://www.nhis.or.kr">http://www.nhis.or.kr</a>) collects contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical and <span class="nobr">long-term</span> care benefits</span></p>
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<p>Ministry of Health and Welfare (<a href="http://mw.go.kr">http://www.mw.go.kr</a>) provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Health Insurance Service (<a href="https://www.nhis.or.kr/">http://www.nhic.or.kr</a>; <a href="https://www.longtermcare.or.kr/">http://www.longtermcare.or.kr/</a>) administers the national health insurance and <span class="nobr">long-term</span> care programs, levies and collects contributions, and pays medical service providers.</p>
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<p>Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (<a href="https://www.hira.or.kr/">http://www.hira.or.kr</a>) examines and reviews medical claims and evaluates the quality of medical and <span class="nobr">long-term</span> care services.</p>
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<h2>Work Injury</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1953.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1963 (industrial accident compensation insurance), implemented in 1964; and 2003 (collection of premiums), implemented in 2005.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<p>Note: The 1953 law still applies to employees if their incapacity due to a work-related injury or an occupational disease lasts for less than four days.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employees of establishments with at least one employee.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage for certain small businesses in agriculture, forestry, hunting, fishery, and construction; electricians; telecommunications workers; fire service personnel; certain self-employed persons; and household workers.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed household workers and nonincorporated enterprises in agriculture, forestry (except logging), fishery, and hunting, with fewer than five <span class="nobr">full-time</span> employees.</p>
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<p>Special systems for civil servants, military personnel, private-school employees, and seamen.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> 0.6% to 34% of declared earnings or payroll , according to the assessed degree of risk.</p>
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<p>There are no minimum or maximum earnings used to calculate contributions. The contribution rate is reviewed annually.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 0.6% to 34% of annual payroll, according to the assessed degree of risk.</p>
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<p>There are no minimum or maximum earnings used to calculate contributions. The contribution rate is reviewed annually.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Work injury benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
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<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p>70% of the insured's average daily wage in the three months before the onset of disability is paid if the insured is unable to work and is receiving medical treatment.</p>
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<p>If still receiving medical treatment after 24 months, 70.4% to 90.1% (according to the assessed degree of disability) of the insured's average daily wage is paid to persons assessed with a first-degree (total loss of work capacity and requiring constant attendance), second-degree (severe loss of work capacity), or third-degree (less severe loss of work capacity) disability. The benefit is paid for 257, 291, or 329 treatment days (according to the assessed degree of disability) until recovery or the award of the permanent disability pension.</p>
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<p>The minimum daily benefit is 50,255 won.</p>
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<p>The maximum daily benefit is 180,919 won.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: The minimum and maximum benefits are adjusted annually according to wage changes.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability benefit:</span> The benefit varies according to the assessed degree of disability, in order of decreasing severity from grades one to seven. The annual pension is the insured's average daily wage in the three months before the onset of disability multiplied by 138 to 329, according to the assessed degree of disability. Insured persons with an assessed disability of four to seven (medium severity) may choose between the pension and a lump sum of the insured's average daily wage multiplied by 616, 737, 869, or 1,012, according to the assessed degree of disability.</p>
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<p>The pension is paid monthly.</p>
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<p>The minimum daily benefit is 50,255 won.</p>
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<p>The maximum daily benefit is 180,919 won.</p>
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<p>Partial disability: A lump sum of the insured's average daily wage in the three months before the date of injury multiplied by 55 to 495 (according to the assessed degree of disability) is paid for an assessed degree of disability from grades eight to 14 (lower severity).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Nursing benefit:</span> Paid for nursing services for insured persons with a residual chronic disability after receiving medical treatment. The benefit ranges from 27,450 won to 41,170 won a day, according to assessed needs.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: The minimum and maximum benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in wages.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Medical benefits include medical treatment, surgery, hospitalization, medicine, nursing, dental care, rehabilitation appliances, and transportation.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> 52% of annual earnings (calculated as the insured's average daily wage in the three months before the date of death multiplied by 365) is paid for a single person; the pension is increased by 5% for each additional survivor up to 67% for a family of four or more. The pension is paid monthly.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include the dependent spouse, parents and grandparents older than age 60, children and grandchildren younger than age 18, and siblings older than age 60 or younger than age 18. The pension is paid to eligible survivors in the following order of priority: spouse, children, parents, grandchildren, grandparents, and brothers or sisters.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: The minimum and maximum benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in wages.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Lump-sum grant:</span> If there are no eligible survivors for the survivor pension, a lump sum of the insured's average daily wage in the three months before the date of death multiplied by 1,300 is paid to nondependent survivors.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum of the insured's average daily wage in the three months before the date of death multiplied by 120 is paid to the person who paid for the funeral.</p>
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<p>The minimum funeral grant is 9,539,140 won.</p>
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<p>The maximum funeral grant is 13,459,060 won.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: The minimum and maximum benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in wages.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Employment and Labor (<a href="https://www.moel.go.kr/">http://www.moel.go.kr</a>) provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>Korea Worker's Compensation and Welfare Service (http://www.kcomwel.or.kr) sets contribution rates, pays benefits, and administers the program through its own medical care institutions.</p>
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<p>National Health Insurance Service (<a href="https://www.nhis.or.kr">http://www.nhis.or.kr</a>) collects contributions.</p>
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<h2>Unemployment</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First and current laws:</span> 1993 (employment insurance), implemented in 1995; and 2003 (collection of premiums), implemented in 2005.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employees.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage for certain small businesses in agriculture, forestry, hunting, fishery, and construction; electricians; telecommunications workers; fire service personnel; certain self-employed persons; and household workers.</p>
|
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<p>Exclusions: Persons working less than 60 hours a month or less than 15 hours a week, and family labor.</p>
|
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<p>Special systems for civil servants, private-school employees, military personnel, and employees of the special post office.</p>
|
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
|
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 0.695% of gross annual wages.</p>
|
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<p>There are no maximum earnings used to calculate contributions.</p>
|
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> 2.25% of declared wages (employment services only).</p>
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<p>There are no maximum earnings used to calculate contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 0.9% to 1.5% (depending on the type of business) of annual payroll.</p>
|
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<p>There are no maximum earnings used to calculate contributions.</p>
|
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
|
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
|
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<p><span class="h4">Unemployment benefits:</span> Must have at least six months of coverage during the last 18 months, be registered at an employment security office, and be capable of and available for work. Unemployment must not be due to voluntary leaving, misconduct, a labor dispute, or the refusal of a suitable job offer.</p>
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<h3>Unemployment Benefits</h3>
|
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<p><span class="h4">Unemployment benefit:</span> 50% of the insured's average daily earnings during the three months immediately before unemployment is paid after a seven-day waiting period for up to 90 days to those with six to 12 months of coverage; for up to 240 days with more than 10 years of coverage and aged 50 or older or disabled.</p>
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<p>The minimum daily benefit is 37,512 won (90% of the minimum daily wage).</p>
|
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<p>The minimum daily wage is 41,680 won.</p>
|
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<p>The maximum daily benefit is 40,000 won.</p>
|
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<p>Additional allowances are paid to unemployed persons to encourage retraining or job search. Allowances include the early reemployment allowance, vocational ability development allowance, and transportation and home moving allowance.</p>
|
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<p>Employment services are provided through the Employment Stabilization Program and the Vocational Competency Development Program.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Employment and Labor (<a href="https://www.moel.go.kr/">http://www.moel.go.kr</a>) provides general supervision, pays benefits, and administers the program.</p>
|
|
<p>Korea Worker's Compensation and Welfare Service (http://www.kcomwel.or.kr) sets contribution rates.</p>
|
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<p>National Health Insurance Service (<a href="https://www.nhis.or.kr">http://www.nhis.or.kr</a>) collects contributions.</p>
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