Yongin City "We Reward You for Collecting Illegal Advertisements"

Monthly limit of 300,000 KRW and annual limit of 1,000,000 KRW
Applies to unauthorized posters, flyers, business cards, etc.

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province will implement the 'Citizen Collection Reward System' this year to eradicate illegal advertisements.

The reward targets are banners installed in places other than designated bulletin boards, posters illegally attached to utility poles, street trees, street lamps, building exteriors, and flyers or business cards unlawfully distributed on roads and residential vehicles.

Illegal advertisements collected through the citizen collection reward system by Yongin City. [Photo by Yongin City]

Eligible recipients for the reward are Yongin citizens aged 20 or older (one person per household). The payment is up to 20,000 KRW per day, 300,000 KRW per month, and 1,000,000 KRW per year per household. When illegal advertisements are collected and submitted to the local Eup, Myeon, or Dong administrative welfare centers, the compensation is 1,000 KRW per horizontal banner (500 KRW for vertical banners), 5,000 KRW per 100 posters exceeding A4 size, 3,000 KRW per 100 posters smaller than A4, and 2,000 KRW per 100 flyers (500 KRW for business card-sized flyers).

For banners, photos before and after removal must be submitted as evidence along with the reward application to verify illegal posting. However, banners for public purposes or legitimate political banners are excluded from the reward.

Previously, through this system, the city paid 7,492,000 KRW in illegal advertisement collection rewards to 64 people last year. Among them, four individuals each received the maximum amount of 1,000,000 KRW.