(profile) Basic income advocate tapped as gender equality minister
Yonhap News Agency
Yong Hye-in, a prominent advocate for universal basic income and founder of the Basic Income Party, has been nominated as South Korea's Minister of Gender Equality and Family. As the youngest minister in President Lee Jae Myung's administration, she is recognized for her strong alignment with the president on social welfare policies and her history of activism dating back to the Sewol ferry disaster.
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