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Nowadays, the self-employed or small business owners who are suffering from 'corona barley head' receive a 'survival fund' application from the 25th of Seoul.

Reporter Im Tae-woo.

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Kim Myung-soon runs a fruit shop in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul.

As the corona crisis lengthened, even paying one million won a month's rent was burdensome.

[Kim Myung-soon / Fruit Shop Merchant: Even if you try hard, there will be no customers coming out. I didn't earn any rent. If you come out in the morning, you're ahead of your worries.] In a

recent Small Business Association survey, 66% of respondents said last month that their sales were cut by more than half a year ago.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced last month's survival fund policy, which it believes needs urgent assistance to save self-employed.

We will apply for cash payments of 700,000 won per month for two months, and online application filing starts on the 25th.

On the Seoul Self-Employment Survival Fund website, there are 5 sub-categories depending on the end of the year of birth.

The targets are self-employed and small business owners who registered business in Seoul with annual sales of less than 200 million won last year.

[Park Won-soon / Seoul Mayor (April 23 Briefing): We plan to apply for 2 months thickly for self-employed people who have difficulty seeing loan benefits and have difficulty repaying… .]

You can apply for and receive your first month's funding after 2 weeks.

From the 15th of the following month, you can also apply for a visit to a bank or place designated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. At this time, you must bring your ID card, business registration card, and copy of the passbook.