□ KoPHWA is providing a multilingual service for its mobile app 'i-Majung', which offers customized information necessary for pregnancy and childbirth.

○ According to statistical data from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family's "2024 Statistical Overview of Men's and Women's Lives," as of 2023, the number of multicultural household members in Korea is approximately 1.192 million, a 34.2% increase compared to 2015. The foreign population is about 1.935 million, a 41.9% increase over the same period. As such, there is a growing need to support pregnancy and childbirth among the increasing number of multicultural and foreign families.

○ Launched in March last year, the 'i-Majung' mobile app supports features such as registering pregnant women, applying for pregnancy and childbirth support services, providing customized health information by pregnancy week (3 to 40 weeks) and child age (1 to 36 months), informing users about government support policies, and offering a 'Pregnant Woman and Baby Handbook' function that allows recording health information and attaching photos.

□ Through its multilingual service, KoPHWA provides various content necessary for pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare in a total of seven languages: English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Cambodian, and Thai.

○ To use the multilingual service, users can select a country icon in the 'i-Majung' mobile app. They can then access pregnancy and childbirth-related content translated into the selected language, identical to the Korean version.

□ Since its launch in March 2023, the 'i-Majung' mobile app has surpassed 20,000 cumulative downloads and is receiving enthusiastic responses from younger generations with high mobile usage rates.

○ Additionally, to ensure that information-vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities or the elderly can use the app without inconvenience, it has obtained the 'Web Accessibility Certification Mark'.

○ The 'i-Majung' mobile app can be downloaded for free from the Google Play Store(Android) and the Apple App Store (iOS).

□ President Lee Sam-sik of the KoPHWA stated, "We hope that through the multilingual service of the 'i-Majung' mobile app, multicultural and foreign families can conveniently access pregnancy and childbirth support services." He added, “KoPHWA will strive to create a birth-friendly environment by providing customized information necessary for pregnancy and childbirth.”

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