The city of Gimhae is offering a 5% cashback on payments made with the Gimhae Love Gift Certificate at affordable price businesses.
To alleviate the financial burden on citizens due to rising prices and to encourage the use of affordable price businesses, Gimhae announced a cashback initiative that will run until the end of the year.
When citizens pay at affordable price businesses in Gimhae using the Gimhae Love Gift Certificate, they will receive an additional 5% cashback on top of existing discount benefits.
This initiative will utilize a total of 20 million won in additional national funding for local love gift certificates. The total amount eligible for cashback is set at 400 million won, and the program will end once the budget is exhausted. Notably, under the conditions of national funding, the cashback will be retroactively applied to payments made starting in August. The cashback will be distributed around the 20th of the following month after the payment is made.
Currently, there are 128 affordable price businesses in Gimhae, with 109 of them registered as Zero Pay merchants. A list of participating businesses can be found on the Gimhae city website or through smartphone map applications.
Additionally, the Gimhae Future Talent Scholarship Foundation is accepting applications until the 18th for 20 scholarships aimed at local youths employed by regional companies and medical students.
This scholarship program for the second half of the year will select 20 recipients across two categories: employment-linked scholarships and scholarships donated by the Gimhae Medical Association, with a total of 56 million won in funding. The scholarships can be used for living expenses rather than just tuition.
The employment-linked scholarship is aimed at young individuals who have graduated from universities in Gimhae and are employed by local companies.
Eligible candidates must have graduated from one of four universities in the Gimhae area—Inje University, Gimhae University, Kaya University, or Busan Presbyterian University—in 2024 or 2025, and must have been employed at a small or medium-sized enterprise in Gimhae for at least one month. They must also have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.5 scale.
The foundation will select 10 recipients in this category, providing each with 3.6 million won annually, distributed in quarterly payments of 900,000 won. The scholarship from the Gimhae Medical Association is available to students who have graduated from high schools in Gimhae and are currently enrolled in medical schools nationwide.
First-year students and those on leave are excluded, and applicants must have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or higher in their last two semesters and belong to the bottom 80% of income brackets.
A total of 10 recipients will be selected, with each receiving 2 million won. Both scholarships require that the applicant or their guardian has been a resident of Gimhae for at least one year as of the announcement date, which was the 1st of this month.
Application documents can be submitted directly to the Gimhae City Hall's Talent Development Division or sent by registered mail. The foundation will conduct a document review and select the final scholarship recipients in October, with funds to be disbursed by the end of the month.
Detailed eligibility requirements and submission documents can be found on the Gimhae Future Talent Scholarship Foundation's website.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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