<Anchor> In
2020, when Corona took over our daily lives, it was difficult for everyone, but the impact was slightly different by country, by social class, and by income.
While the wealth income of wealthy people has increased significantly, those who have been directly hit by the corona and the socially vulnerable have decreased their income, so this winter only feels colder.
This corona polarization can no longer be turned away, and it is a problem that everyone must consider together.
First, reporter Je Hee-won will tell you what life was like this year for self-employed people in our society.
<Reporter>
On the other hand, the whiteboard that once had the order details written on it is flat.
Dried fish has been delivered to the pub, but after the corona crisis, it fell into the hell with the pub.
[Seol/Self-employed person: I have to be full here too, but I turned off the power at all because I didn't have anything at all
."
[Seol/Self-employed: I (credit rating) dropped from 2nd to 6th.
(So far) I got a loan, but now I don't even have it.] Because of the
fallen credit, the policy fund loan is now blocked.
Last month, we even sent out the last remaining staff.
[Eight people worked, but now no one is present.] There
is no way to pay a rent of about 1 million won anymore.
[To the building owner here,'I'm sorry, boss.
This month is a bit difficult (please wait….)] From a
while ago, I am going to work as a delivery company.
[Because the current time (in the morning) is about 2:10.
Now I have no work, so I'm going to go home.] The
income-to-income ratio of the 30% lower income class rose 15.5 percentage points this year to 328.4%, the highest since the statistics were written.
That's more than twice the rate of the top 30% tier growth.
[If this situation lasts for a long time, I am not Ottogi either.
You have hope.
Just (Corona) ends soon...
.]
(Video editing: Kim Sun-tak, VJ: Park Hyun-woo, CG: Jo Soo-in·Kong Ji-su)