<Anchor> The number



of high-risk self-employed individuals who owe more than their own assets or spend more than 40% of their income paying off debts has nearly doubled in nine months to close to 200,000 households.

The deferment of repayment of principal and interest for small business owners ends in September, but after that, I am more concerned.



This is reporter Jeong Seong-jin.



<Reporter> Lee



Geun-jae, who has been running a restaurant for 26 years, has endured a year in debt with Corona 19.



We have made up for negative and deficit sales by receiving government-funded loans and even credit loans.



[Lee Geun-jae/Restaurant store owner: After paying the rent, paying the labor cost, and after paying it, there is no money to pay for the biggest material cost, the big meat price.

Shouldn't we have to pull some money out of the loans to make up for it?]



Last year, self-employed people saw a year in which sales fell and only debts.



With such a year's enduring, the livelihoods of small business owners, in particular, have reached a dangerous level.



As of the end of last year, 192,000 high-risk households were counted as 192,000 households who spent more than 40% of their income on repaying principal and interest and were unable to pay off their debts even if they dispose of all assets such as houses and stores.



From March last year, when Corona 19 began to affect, 83,000 households, 76% more.



Their debts also doubled to 7.6 trillion won.



The problem is that the burden on high-risk households can be higher.



Last year, the government delayed repayment of principal and interest for self-employed and small business owners.



This action ends in September.



If the low market interest rate also rises depending on the economic situation, the interest burden of self-employed people may increase.



[Yigeunjae / dining storekeeper: (probation ended after) any principal is not paid off the ground yet little was a credit receive overlapping repay the principal rolled eyes lumps, then would you network, gotta shut the shop door;



the Bank of Korea is a repayment grace exit He pointed out that it is necessary to prepare supplementary measures such as amortization.



(Video coverage: Park Hyeon-cheol, video editing: Kim Jong-tae)