Gangwon Land begins accepting applications for '2026 Winter Survival Support'

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The Gangwon Land Social Foundation (Foundation) has begun accepting applications for the '2026 Winter Survival Support Project' to ensure winter living stability for pneumoconiosis disaster victims and surviving family members of coal miners who died on duty.

The '2026 Winter Survival Support Project' provides 500,000 won per person for heating costs to homebound pneumoconiosis patients and surviving family members of coal miners who died on duty, and 250,000 won per person for cultural activities to pneumoconiosis inpatients. This year, support is planned for approximately 5,800 recipients with a total budget of about 2.8 billion won.

Eligible recipients for homebound pneumoconiosis patients and surviving family members include those residing in Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, Mungyeong City, Boryeong City, or Hwasun County who have been classified with disability grades (1st to 13th) or diagnosed as suspected cases; individuals confirmed to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with verified coal mining work experience; and one surviving family member of a miner who died on duty while working in the seven cities and counties of former mining areas. Detailed information is available on the foundation's website.

Applications can be submitted at local administrative welfare centers, pneumoconiosis associations, associations for surviving family members of deceased workers, pneumoconiosis rehabilitation hospitals, or through on-site registration at Gangwon Land Social Foundation offices.

A Gangwon Land official who spoke with this newspaper by phone said, "We hope the Winter Survival Support will help pneumoconiosis patients and their families, who have been struggling due to long-term illness, spend a warm winter." The official added, "Moving forward, we will continue to implement customized welfare projects for regions transitioning from the coal industry, striving to improve the quality of life and living stability for pneumoconiosis victims and surviving family members of coal miners who died on duty."

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