South Korea to Require Orders to Dispose of Unused Farmland, With 25% Annual Penalty for Noncompliance
Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- South Korea plans to make farmland disposal orders mandatory for owners who fail to farm their land without a legitimate reason or lease it illegally.
- Owners who do not sell after an order could face an annual enforcement penalty equal to 25% of the land’s value, under the government’s plan from 2028.
South Korea plans to require owners to dispose of farmland that they leave uncultivated without a legitimate reason or lease out illegally. Owners who fail to sell after receiving a disposal order would face an enforcement penalty every year.
The penalty would equal 25% of the land’s value. The government is moving to make disposal orders mandatory, rather than leaving them to the discretion of local governments.
Under the proposal, the agriculture minister or a provincial governor would also be able to issue the order directly if a local government failed to act. The government plan would take effect in 2028.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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