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This weekend, the quarantine authorities are asking for citizens' cooperation to avoid going out as much as possible. We took a look at downtown Seoul on a crowded Friday evening to see if cooperation is working well.

This is Jung Hye-kyung.

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street in front of Hongdae in Seoul where pubs are gathered at around 9 pm on the 21st.

It's Friday before the weekend, but the number of pedestrians has decreased significantly.

As high-risk facilities such as entertainment pubs and karaoke bars were suspended, clubs that normally lined up with long lines also closed.

Regular pubs and restaurants that were not subject to the group ban order also had more vacancy.

[Mapo-gu pub employee: Corona subsided and started living again, but after (infection) worsened again, sales fell again by 80-90%.] The

so-called'hunting', which exchanges messages with other tables through the table monitor and joins with each other. Pocha' can now only order food.

[Guard Officer: The government also prohibits hunting pots without using this machine (I know).]

[Mapo-gu bar staff: Chatting is blocked and only orders are available at the table. (Corona) After getting worse, the head office completely blocked it.]

Some violations of quarantine rules were also confirmed.

A famous tavern was caught by the Ward Office's sanitation team due to the 1m gap between tables and the distance between waiting guests.

There will be at least a week of business shutdown.

[Bar staff member who violated the quarantine rules: The table was originally left open, but it was put on for a while, and I will (again) float it.] A

trick business aimed at customers who can't go to the club also appeared.

This pub in Gangnam, Seoul is registered as a general restaurant, but it attracts customers by arranging instant meetings by reservation.

[Gangnam-gu bar staff: (booking) I have MDs, and I need to contact them. If you (reserved) someone, (they) will care about it.] The

city ​​of Seoul is planning to continue intensive inspection of 12 high-risk facilities by the end of this month.

(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok, video editing: So Ji-hye)