Six of Basic Income Party’s 10 Regional Offices Listed at Farms or Apartments, People Power Party Says

Six of the Basic Income Party’s 10 provincial and metropolitan offices are registered at addresses that include apartments, private homes and farms, according to data obtained from the National Election Commission.

The offices in South Gyeongsang, Busan and Incheon use apartment addresses. The Gwangju and South Jeolla office is registered at a private home, while the South Chungcheong and North Jeolla offices are registered at farms owned by their respective regional party chairmen.

The findings have drawn criticism from the opposition People Power Party. It described the offices as “ghost regional offices” allegedly set up hastily while receiving billions of won in state subsidies, and called for Yong Hye-in, the party-affiliated nominee for minister of gender equality and family, to resign.

The issue centers on the distribution of public party funding. Under current law, at least 10% of regular subsidies paid to political parties is allocated to provincial and metropolitan organizations. That raises the possibility that regional offices registered at farms may also have received subsidies. National Election Commission figures show that the Basic Income Party paid 1.58 million won in regular subsidies to its regional offices in 2020, 4.79 million won in 2021, 9.83 million won in 2023 and 2024.

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