Minister vows to further eliminate blind spots of compensation for veterans' families

Veterans Minister Kwon Oh-eul said Friday he would make efforts to further eliminate blind spots in compensation for surviving family members of war veterans and descendants of independence activists.

Kwon made the remarks as he marked his first year in office.

His ministry launched a subsidy program for surviving spouses of deceased war veterans in March as part of its efforts to expand compensation for low-income veterans, patriots and their family members.

The benefits are available to about ...