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number of companies that chose to go bankrupt this year amid the corona recession has also increased, recording the highest number ever.

Even if we try to go through the corporate rehabilitation process, the cost burden is not high, but it is difficult to expect government support.



Reporter No. Gyu reported.



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This apparel company located in the metropolitan area is facing a crisis of closure.



The business of over 20 years of overcoming the IMF has also hit its limits.



[Mr. A/Small and medium-sized business representative: From the rise of the minimum wage, it was not enough to take a large number of people in the sewing industry in Korea, and all stores had to close when going to Corona...

.] The



company's representative has become a bad credit.



To go through the rehabilitation process, I applied for the legal expense assistance project of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, but I was eliminated.




[Mr. A/Small business representative: I just came here, simply. 'We are notifying you that it was decided not



to apply due to

insufficient score on the evaluation criteria.']

There were 711 corporations who filed for bankruptcy in courts across the country this year, the highest since the statistics were written.



Companies that are constrained by limitations are difficult to choose to recover because of the cost burden.



The budget for the'Rehabilitation Consulting' project of the Ministry of Small and Medium Venture Businesses, which supports rehabilitation legal expenses of up to 30 million won to marginal companies, is 2.35 billion won this year.



It is a difficult corporation, but the budget has been cut in the third supplementary administration.



[Small and Medium Venture Business Officer:'I need an increase in the budget,' I appealed to it, but I was notified by the Ministry of Finance that I will cut it by 10% and separate the financial resources.]



Even if you look at the execution results this year Only 200 million won was executed to 36 companies.



[Yun Yeong-seok/ Rep. of the National Assembly's Industrial Self-Defense Committee): Companies are going bankrupt now, but their support budget is cut, execution performance is sluggish, and the procedure for receiving actual support is very tricky.] When



bankruptcy is reached, jobs disappear and entrepreneurs are praying again. Institutional support to assist in the difficult rehabilitation process is important.



(Video coverage: Park Hyun-cheol, video editing: Kim Jun-hee, CG: Seo Seung-hyun)