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National Health Insurance (Self-Employed Insured)

The national health insurance refers to a social insurance that aims to promote the stability of the life of people by distributing the burden of medical costs among all subscribers through compulsory subscription. All subscribers other than employee insured and their dependents are classified as self-employed insured. All foreign nationals and overseas Korean nationals who stay in Korea for six months or longer will also be obligated to subscribe to health insurance as self-employed insured from July 16, 2019, and they will be offered equal benefits as the citizens of the Republic of Korea.

Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases

Infectious disease means any infectious disease classified in Group 1 infectious diseases, Group 2 infectious diseases, Group 3 infectious diseases, Group 4 infectious diseases, Group 5 infectious diseases, designated infectious diseases, infectious diseases under surveillance by the World Health Organization, infectious diseases spread through bioterrorism, sexually transmitted infectious diseases, zoonoses, and nosocomial infectious diseases

The practice of washing hands the right way and cough etiquette is the most basic means of preventing the spread of infectious diseases, preventing about 50-70% of infectious diseases

Multicultural families

A multicultural family means a family composed of an immigrant by marriage, a person who obtained permission for naturalization, or people who have acquired nationality of the Republic of Korea from the time of birth. Multicultural family members who raise children born in de facto marital relationships with a citizen of the Republic of Korea may also receive supports pursuant to 「the Multicultural Families Support Act」. A foreigner who has not ever acquired nationality of the Republic of Korea may acquire nationality of the Republic of Korea by obtaining permission for naturalization from the Minister of Justice. Naturalizations shall consist of general naturalization, simplified naturalization, and special naturalization. A foreigner who has reported a marriage with a Korean-national spouse may acquire nationality of the Republic of Korea more easily through simplified naturalization.

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