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self-employed, closing is the last option to prevent further losses, so it is important to carefully select and carefully decide. If you have no choice but to close the door, you should take measures to reduce losses as much as possible, as well as get government aid.

Reporter Lee Seong-hoon will deliver this.

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Young-jun Cho, who had suffered a corona in less than a year since his opening, has cut labor costs for two months.

[Cho Young-jun / Scheduled to close business: Let's hold on, that was the first thought. So I did it with my son Makdong, a student who was studying with me.]

However, as the monthly sales plunged to 2 million won, I decided to close the store after my hard work.

[Cho Young-jun / Scheduled to close business: Organizing will prevent future losses. Why? If you keep it, it will continue to cost you money.]

Experts advise you to be prepared to prepare for a resurgence as you prepare as thoroughly as possible to increase losses at unexpected costs.

First of all, consider choosing a closure before choosing to close.

[Kang Jong-heon / Founding & Closing Consultant: Earned some money to run the business by looking at sales before Corona, and it's okay. If

you decide to close the business, you can stop working for about 3 months. And how far to restore the store.

If there are employees, you should check the work contract to prevent disputes in the reorganization process such as severance pay.

Above all, it is important to carefully check various support measures at the government level.

[Jang-Hwan Kang / Applicant for Closing Business for Closing Business: If you want to save even a dime, you can close your business with the money provided by the government ... .]

Small business owners who are in the crisis of closing out of corona can receive consulting services with up to 2 million won for the demolition of the store if they apply to the Small Business Market Promotion Corporation.

(Video coverage: Jang Un-seok, Park Hyun-cheol, Video editing: Lee So-young)