Special Act on Support for Depopulation Regions.

The purpose of this Act is to improve the settlement conditions of depopulation regions and to promote regional vitality in order to contribute to balanced national development, by establishing the system for autonomous and leading regional development of local governments and customized comprehensive support for regions at the State level to respond to a crisis of depopulation and by prescribing measures for promoting connection and cooperation between local governments and between the State and local governments and special cases, etc. on depopulation regions.
The term "depopulation region" means a region designated pursuant to subparagraph 9 of Article 2 of the Special Act on Balanced National Development.
A local government shall determine the tasks and the priority when formulating Si/Gun/Gu master plans and implementation plans for responding to depopulation regions. The State and local governments may conclude a regional development investment agreement, etc. under the Special Act on Balanced National Development, where they jointly promote policy measures or the State's support is required to facilitate the implementation of the national master plan, a City/Do master plan, or a Si/Gun/Gu master plan.
The Minister of the Interior and Safety may specially grant local subsidies under the Local Subsidy Act to depopulation regions. The State and local governments may formulate and implement support policy measures, etc. necessary to expand the living population in depopulation regions. The Act further makes provisions, inter alia, for: expansion of child care and educational infrastructures, improvement of living environment and landscape, support on increasing jobs for youths, middle-aged persons, etc.