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just saw in statistics, the number of self-employed people closing the store as the game freezes. Businesses that act as business owners are accumulating items that have been disposed of at a bargain price in a store.

First of all, a reporter told us about the sad situation.

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A business in Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do.

It is in full swing to move used items from the store.

[Yoon Young-Jin / President of the waste processing company: I brought it from a meat restaurant, and it's called charcoal-grilled oven. (Shop) closed.]

Normally, I came in once every three days, but nowadays there are no days to skip.

Inside the warehouse, there are stacked items in a hurry.

It has been taken over at a low price, but it is also difficult to sell it.

[CEO Young-jin Jeon / Used furniture specialist representative: I keep seeing a lot of stuff coming out. I have to pay for it and sell it again, but there is no one opening it, so things don't go out.]

Old stores are collapsing due to unprecedented shrinking consumption.

Jo Man-gil recently arranged a house for Makchang-gui, which has been running for 12 years with his wife.

[Jo Man-gil / Long business: It was so difficult to pay the rent for the store. Only tears. Because life is bleak in the future.]

There are over 3,700 food hygiene establishments including restaurants and cafes that have been closed in Seoul for a month in March.

417 more places were closed compared to the same period last year.

Youtube has so-called 'closed videos' with a sad story and process.

[Retired business: Self-employment is so difficult, unlike what I thought, that I felt desperately

about dreams and reality.] About 82% of small business owners said that their sales were less than half of last year, and 32.9% said that they fell more than 90%.

In particular, over 70% of respondents said that they would close or consider closing if the corona was longer.

(Video editing: Seunghee Lee, VJ: Seungmin Han)