Expectant parents expecting to give birth next year are expressing frustration due to just a single day's difference. What is this about?

Yes, it's because newborns could receive more or less subsidy depending on just a one-day difference in their birth dates.

According to the government's revised child-rearing support subsidy plan, a first child born in a population-decline region on or after July 1st of next year will receive up to 69 million won until the age of 12.

On the other hand, a child born just a day earlier, by June 30th, will be subject to the existing system, receiving only around 38 million won in total support up to age 12, even if they live in the same region.

This means the difference in subsidies could amount to around 30 million won based on just a single day's difference in birth date.

On online parenting communities, complaints are pouring in, such as, "How can the support amounts be this different when they are both born in 2027?" and "It is unfair for benefits to be split by just a matter of months."

One user, who is even preparing for an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure, left a post saying, "I will delay the procedure so I can give birth after July."

While people agree with the policy's intent to encourage childbirth, voices are calling for supplementary measures, such as establishing a grace period.

(Source: Online community)