
The 2030 Youth Advisory Group of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family held a policy exchange seminar in celebration of Youth Day with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the 2030 Youth Advisory Group of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission to discuss inter-ministerial consultations and integration of youth voices on youth policy needs such as military service, jobs, housing, and asset formation.
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Youth Day is a legal holiday designated under the Framework Act on Youth to promote youth development and support and to raise interest in youth issues, and is celebrated on the third Saturday of September every year.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hong Jun-seok = The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family's 2030 Youth Advisory Group announced on the 15th that it held a policy exchange seminar commemorating Youth Day with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission's 2030 Youth Advisory Group on the 14th.
Youth Day is a legal holiday designated under the Framework Act on Youth to promote youth development and support and to raise interest in youth issues, and is celebrated on the third Saturday of September every year.
This seminar was designed to overcome the division between ministries and share awareness of the various policy demands raised by the young generation, such as military service, jobs, housing, and asset formation.
Approximately 60 people, including youth assistants and youth advisory members from each ministry, who participated in the seminar received a report on the results of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission's analysis of approximately 410,000 youth complaints filed with Kookmin Shinmungo over the past year, and discussed developing a youth policy proposal.
Youth advisors from each ministry said in unison, "The complex difficulties experienced by the youth generation are difficult to solve with only a fragmented approach from a specific ministry," and added, "We hope to provide a venue for continuous communication that will break down government barriers and bring youth voices together."

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