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The self-employed, who have struggled with the usual situation, are serious enough to say that the business is abandoned. A traditional market in Daegu was closed for the first time in 500 years since the opening of the Joseon Dynasty.

This is TBC Jung Sung-wook.

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This is the street near Daewol Banwoldangne ​​Street.

Closed restaurants are noticeable and quiet enough.

I entered a restaurant and found no guests.

[Restaurant staff: I had to go back and forth between the sales of 100 to 1.5 million won a day and sold 16,000 won.

The local coffee shop has been around for a long time, and the rice cakes are so thin.

It is said that every store is going to give up business.

[Self-employed: no one (people) do not go to what? It looks like it dies. It's a big deal. That's bad.]

In the week after the spread of Corona 19, the sales of self-employed workers in downtown Daegu dropped by 70-80% on average than at this time of year.
Seomun Market, one of the nation's three largest markets, also closed until 1st of next month.

It is the first time since the opening of the middle of Chosun.

[Kim Young-Oh / Seomun Market Association Chairman: 6-70,000 customers a day there was a floating population… I was anxious, so I wasn't worried until this week.

The Chilsung market and other traditional markets also freeze for several days, which is much worse than SARS or MERS.