The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will provide up to 160,000 won for 2026 Culture Nuri Card "for a total of 2.7 million people."

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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Choi Hwi-young) announced on the 2nd that it will provide 150,000 won in annual subsidies for the "Integrated Cultural Use Right (hereinafter referred to as Culture Nuri Card)" this year, up 10,000 won from the previous year, to expand cultural enjoyment opportunities for the socially disadvantaged. In addition, a total of 160,000 won will be paid to adolescents (13-18 years old) and those who have entered the aging period (60-64) by adding 10,000 won to support them more closely in line with the demand for cultural enjoyment by life cycle.

The "Culture Nuri Card" support project is a project to support cultural arts, travel, and sports activities of basic living recipients over the age of 6 (born before December 31, 2020) and the second-highest level of the legal system. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has raised the amount of support almost every year (KRW 60,000 in 2017 → KRW 70,000 in 2018 → KRW 80,000 in 2019 → KRW 90,000 in 2020 → KRW 100,000 in 2021 → KRW 110,000 in 2023 → KRW 130,000 in 2024 → KRW 140,000 in 2025) so that users can actually enjoy culture. This year, a total of 374.5 billion won (263.6 billion won for national expenses and 110.9 billion won for local expenses) will be invested to support 2.7 million people.

The "Culture Nuri Card" can be applied and issued through the national community center, the "Culture Nuri Card" website, and mobile application programs (apps) from the 2nd to November 30th, and the issued card must be used by December 31.

Last year, it spent more than 30,000 won as a "Culture Nuri Card," and this year, the support fund will be automatically charged to the card even if those who maintain eligibility for supply and demand do not apply separately. An automatic recharge notification text will be sent to those who have completed automatic charging of the subsidy, and after the 2nd, you can check whether it is automatically recharged through community centers nationwide, cultural Nuri card websites, phones, and mobile applications (apps).

"Culture Nuri Card" is available at 35,000 cultural and artistic, domestic travel and sports merchants nationwide, and offers various benefits such as a 2,500 won discount on movie admission, a 10% discount on major bookstore books, up to 40% discount on admission to the four major professional sports (volleyball, basketball, soccer, baseball), performance and exhibition admission fees, musical instrument purchase fees, accommodation fees, amusement park tickets, sports facilities use fees, and discounts on sports goods (each franchise discount rate). Up to four tickets (free or discounted) per person can also be used for admission tickets donated by culture and arts organizations (limited to three times a month).

If you use the "Culture Nuri" website or mobile application program ("Culture Nuri Card Mobile App", Naver Map App", you can check information on merchants by region and field of "Culture Nuri Card", free and discount benefits, and "Sharing Ticket" and search for information on merchants around users by applying location-based services. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to continue to increase the number of new franchisees so that users can enjoy cultural life in abundance.

In particular, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will actively discover unrecovered beneficiaries in connection with the government's representative administrative notification service, "Gubby," to prevent them from being issued or inconvenient to use the card due to lack of access to cultural Nuri card information, and support low-visibility and visually impaired users to receive braille cards.

In addition, it provides a service that informs users in advance a month before the expiration of the card's expiration date so that they do not experience any inconvenience by missing the timing of the card's re-issuance. If the card limit is insufficient, you can charge up to 300,000 won (within 2 million won per year) in addition to the government subsidy, and if you register the "Culture Nuri Card" information on the simple payment service (NH Pay, Naver Pay, etc.), you can make simple payments without a real card at online and offline affiliates.

Lee Jung-mi, a cultural policy officer at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said, "The Ministry of Culture has raised the amount of 'Culture Nuri Card' every year, and this year, along with the increase in the amount of support, we have improved the project so that users and local residents who are in the early stages of youth and old age can enjoy culture properly," adding, "We will continue to examine carefully and continue our cultural enjoyment policy so that we can enjoy culture in our daily lives regardless of our individual circumstances such as income, region, and age."

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