South Korea offers $500 monthly allowance to reclusive youth to re-enter society.

South Korea is offering $500 a month to young people aged nine to 24 who have shut themselves at home for long periods of time, in an effort to encourage them to return to school, find work, and "restore their daily lives." Around 338,000 young Koreans live in isolation, according to South Korea's family ministry. The government will pay $500 a month for the youth's food, clothing, housing, and other living expenses. Eligible youth will get the money in either goods or cash sent to the youth's bank account.