<Anchor> The
quarantine authorities are in a position that they cannot lift the restrictions on business after 9pm for the time being, but the backlash from business owners has not easily subsided.
Some PC cafes and entertainment establishments were forced to do business in protest against government restrictions.
This is reporter Kim Deok-hyun.
<Reporter> Last
(18th) night, a PC room in Seongdong-gu, Seoul.
After 9 p.m., the business has to be closed and closed, but the PC room is still lit up brightly.
Over the next two weeks, business restrictions continued, and 1,500 PC cafes nationwide were simultaneously protesting.
[This status/PC cafe owner: There is a trend of decreasing the number of confirmed cases, so we went down the stage and expected normal business, but now we have no strength to withstand.]
The disaster support fund paid a while ago will cover the operating loss that has increased to tens of millions of won. Situation that cannot.
We complain that we need customized quarantine by industry.
[This status/PC room owner: You need to understand when the business type needs the most business hours and adjust it so that it can be opened to some extent…
.]
In Gwangju, more than 120 entertainment establishments opened their stores and protested the government's extending business ban.
Only take hagetdamyeo seotji fit into a tougher attitude to punishment,
[gonamjun / nightlife Korea Federation of catering, Guangzhou Branch: did not see the normal business for about six months. Shouldn't we have to share (penalty) even if it is split?]
Just before the joint crackdown began, the quarantine authorities persuaded the business owners and withdrew the business policy at around 10 pm
The protests are expected to intensify, as the lighting demonstrations continued in entertainment establishments such as Seoul Itaewon and Incheon, and two days later, a nationwide protest by entertainment establishments was announced.