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Today (18th), social distancing has been completely lifted.

Now, restaurants and pubs can be opened 24 hours a day, and there is no limit on the number of gatherings.



Reporter Han Seong-hee, I see quite a few customers.



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It is listed in the food alley in Euljiro, Seoul where street pubs are gathered.



There have been many times where I haven't visited since the corona virus, but now, as you can see, there are a lot of people.



Starting today, both business hours and the number of private gatherings have been lifted, and business hours resumed at 5 am today.



So, the 24 hour resumption is the first day from tonight to tomorrow morning.



Today, I looked around Seoul's Yeouido and Jongno areas, where many companies are gathered, and there are already many places where large-scale group dinner reservations are being made.



[Kang Jin-suk / Sashimi Restaurant Staff: Lunch is also getting more and more customers.

The number of reservation guests is also increasing a bit.

(Later in the evening) I heard that about 17 to 20 people will come.]



[Chairman Jinyoung/Office worker: It is impossible to have a business party dinner, and we had a small and limited meeting, but will the (dinner meeting) come back like the old days? …

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As the distance is lifted, the demand for late-night traffic is bound to increase as well. Starting today, the city of Seoul has decided to increase the number of owl buses from 72 on 9 routes to 100 on 14 routes.



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And it will be possible to eat popcorn at the cinema or at an indoor theater from next week, right?



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Yes, you can eat and drink as much as you want from the 25th at indoor concert halls and stadiums.



You can enjoy popcorn, beer, and Coke at movie theaters, and you can eat and drink in PC rooms and fairs by installing partitions.



Partitions installed for other purposes can be removed from today.



Singing, wind instruments, and acting academies had to erect partitions due to the high risk of the spread of droplets, but this obligation has disappeared.



(Video coverage: Kim Yong-woo, video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)