South Korea begins in-person resident registration checks tomorrow, focusing on elderly and vulnerable households

South Korea will begin in-person resident registration checks on October 8, with officials focusing on elderly people and households facing welfare crises.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said the visits will continue until November 9. The annual nationwide survey checks whether people live at their registered addresses, information used to provide welfare and disaster-management services.

Residents could previously take part remotely through the Government24 app, in a process that ran from July 20 to September 7. Local village and township leaders, along with officials from local administrative offices, will now visit households that did not complete the online survey and households selected for priority checks.

Priority groups include people aged 100 or older, residents whose whereabouts have been unknown for more than five years, people suspected of having died, high-risk welfare-crisis households, and households involving prolonged unrecognized school absences or children of school age who have not entered school. Investigators will check household registers during visits and wear identification certificates.