<Anchor> The



news that up to 4 people can gather for a while, and these days, the self-employed people who are having difficulty in business are more worried.

We will connect reporters and listen to the voices on the scene.



Reporter Jeong Da-eun, it's time to have a lot of year-end parties these days if it's normal, but this year I don't feel that kind of atmosphere.



<Reporter>



Yes, I am currently at a restaurant in Jung-gu, Seoul.

At the end of the year, the reservation board, which would be full of various year-end gatherings, is empty, and there are many empty seats in the store.



In the metropolitan area, a ban on gatherings of 5 or more people has been issued, which is also a significant blow to self-employed people.



I will meet the boss and have a talk.



Q. How are you?

Meetings with more than 5 people are banned, so you must be worried.



[It's the collapse of the restaurant industry.

I think it would be better to close the door now.

Employees and renters also have a cause for this.]



Q. Then, have the year-end meetings actually been canceled a lot?



[No.

It will be canceled a lot and January will be very difficult.]



Before I came here, I also

looked

around restaurants in Gyeonggi-do.

Even there, I was deeply sighed by the subsequent cancellation calls.



[Mr. Kang Mo/Restaurant Operation: (At the end of the year) It was cold enough to have almost no seats, but this year, all reservations were canceled...

In the case of today, it was canceled immediately after more than 5 people (no groupings) appeared on the news.]



<Anchor>



But if it's okay to go to a restaurant with more than 5 people and share seats, did you come up with a specific standard?



<Reporter>



Private gatherings are prohibited, but meals are allowed as long as office workers simply eat lunch.



However, when five or six office workers visit a restaurant, they cannot sit together at such a large table, and only a maximum of four people per table.



Also, the distance between these tables must be observed.



Self-employed people have already been hit hard by the elevated distance and are calling for support, saying they are in greater difficulty with this measure.



(Video coverage: Lee Yong, video editing: Kim Jun-hee, VJ: Park Hyun-woo)  



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