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government is compensating for losses of up to 100 million won to those who failed to do business properly in the third quarter of this year due to the corona virus. Compensation is set compared to sales in the third quarter of the previous year before the outbreak of Corona, and there are many complaints from the self-employed because of that standard.



Reporter Hong Seung-yeon reported.



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Mr. Lee Jung-min, who has been running a sushi restaurant for 10 years, was surprised when he inquired about the amount of compensation he would receive.



Only 10,000 won was stamped.



[Lee Jung-min / Sashimi restaurant operation: '100,000 won. I'd rather not take it.' It was. Losing thousands of dollars... .]



Small business loss compensation is determined according to the difference in sales between the 3rd quarter of this year and the 3rd quarter of the previous year before the Corona 19 hit.



However, in the third quarter of last year, at the time of comparison, the hotel right next to Mr. Lee's shop was under construction, so the wall cracked and water leaked, and business failed.



Quarterly sales, which averaged 40 million won, were cut in half to 17 million won.



This year, the corona generated only 18 million won in sales, but comparing the two, the sales increased rather than being the minimum compensation target.



[Lee Jung-min / Sashimi restaurant management: They follow the manual, so they want to do it, but they cannot do it. I'd rather file a national petition (I told him to)]



The online cafes of self-employed people are full of complaints.



At the same time, the business failed because of the birth of a baby, or the business was temporarily closed due to a fire, but they did not take care of the situation.



[Yang Dae-bok / Chairman of Gyeongnam Small Business Association: Not a specific part, but the whole of 2019, or the previous 10 years, or averaged out in such a way...

.] About



30,000 requests to recalculate the amount of compensation.



The ministries in charge show displeasure, arguing that this is not fair.



[Ministry of SMEs and Startups: Individual circumstances may be difficult, but it is difficult to set standards arbitrarily because of equity with other industries and others...

.] In



order not to undermine the fundamental purpose of the loss compensation system of relief for small business owners, it seems that a meticulous supplementary measure is needed to carefully fill in the blind spots.



(Video coverage: Jeong Kyung-moon, video editing: Hwang Ji-young)