Youth Culture and Arts Pass Additional Issuance Begins Today; Book Purchases Now Included

The Youth Culture and Arts Pass, which provides opportunities for young adults aged 19 to 20 to enjoy culture and the arts, will be additionally issued starting today (August 10).

This year's eligible applicants are those born in 2006 and 2007. This additional issuance expands support not only to traditional performance, exhibition, and movie viewing fees, but also to book purchases.

Previously, in the first half of the year, approximately 265,000 people received the pass, and 89.2% of respondents in a user survey answered that it would be "helpful for cultural life."

Applications for the additional issuance can be made starting at 10:00 a.m. today (August 10) through the official website (youthculturepass.or.kr) until November 30.

Passes are issued on a first-come, first-served basis, and applications may close early if there is a high volume of applicants.

Those residing in the Seoul metropolitan area will receive 150,000 KRW, while those residing outside the metropolitan area will receive 200,000 KRW.

However, individuals who received the pass in the first half of the year but failed to use it at all by July 31, resulting in their entire subsidy being reclaimed, will be excluded from the additional issuance.

The subsidy can be used for booking performances, exhibitions, and movies, as well as purchasing books at nine partner vendors until December 31.

Performances and exhibitions can be booked through Ticketlink, Melon Ticket, YES24 Ticket, and NOL Ticket; movies through Megabox, CGV, and Lotte Cinema; and books through Bookstore On and YES24 Books.

Myeong Soo-hyun, Director General for Cultural Policy at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said, "The Youth Culture and Arts Pass is a program that continues to be refined through the voices of young people," adding, "We plan to continuously gather feedback from youth beneficiaries and the field to make improvements."

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