• Yes, all income-generating activities on POSTYPE, including publishing paid posts, may affect your eligibility for government benefits.
• All income you earn on POSTYPE through post sales, sponsorship, and membership operations counts as part of your personal income.

Receiving national scholarships

• Income earned on POSTYPE is included in the applicant’s (student’s) own income.
• Korea Student Aid Foundation’s procedure for calculating financial aid brackets states that your financial aid bracket is determined based on the recognized income of your entire household, including the applicant. If you have your own income, it may affect your financial aid bracket.
• Korea Student Aid Foundation’s income calculation method states that a deduction of 1,300,000 KRW is applied from the total amount of the applicant’s earned income and business income. If you have daily-earned income, the deduction is calculated by comparing it with 50% of your average monthly daily-earned income and applying the larger deduction amount.
• Because government benefits can vary depending on each creator’s specific situation, we are unable to provide a definitive answer. For details, please contact the Korea Student Aid Foundation directly or call the KOSAF call center at 1599-2000.

Receiving unemployment benefits

• Even if you do not actually receive income, you must report any work activity performed during the unemployment recognition period (including all income-generating activities on POSTYPE such as publishing paid posts).
• If you do not report this and your scheduled unemployment benefits are paid, the relevant authorities may consider it fraudulent receipt and you may face disadvantages.
• Employment Insurance unemployment benefits guide explains the following:
  • Q. During the unemployment recognition period, do I have to report it if I become employed, provide labor, or generate income?
  • A. Yes. You must report if, during the unemployment recognition period, you provide daily labor at construction sites or elsewhere, become employed as a worker, start a business after business registration, or generate income by attending meetings, doing translation work, etc. If you fail to report and this is discovered later, it will be considered fraudulent receipt, and you may be subject to disadvantages such as an additional collection of twice the overpaid amount. For your reference, to prevent fraudulent receipt, our ministry operates an automatic alert system for fraudulent receipt by linking with the information systems of the 4 major social insurances and the National Tax Service.
    
• Because government benefits can vary depending on each creator’s specific situation, we are unable to provide a definitive answer. For details, please contact Employment Insurance directly or call the Ministry of Employment and Labor customer service center at 1350 (no area code required).