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Our attitude toward this mask will change in 4 hours.

From tomorrow (30th), the 'obligation' to wear a mask indoors will disappear.

Instead, it means to use it autonomously.

This is the moment when the anticipation of finally being freed from the mask and the worry of just in case intersect.



First, reporter Park Gyeong-hyun toured facilities where many people gather.



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This afternoon at a large supermarket in Seoul, everyone who goes to the market is wearing a mask.



However, from tomorrow, you will not be required to wear a mask, depending on your personal choice.



This is because the obligation to wear a mask indoors, introduced in October 2020, will be changed to a recommendation.



There are opinions that it is nice to be able to take off the stuffy mask, but



[Song Kyung-soon/Seoul Yangchun-gu: If you go indoors anyway, there are people who go indoors, like cafes or restaurants, take off everything and talk for an hour or two.

I think it's okay.]



Still, there are citizens who will continue to use it.



[Choi Byeong-gu/Seoul Yangchun-gu: Even if it's off for a while, I'm a little cautious, so I tell my children and my family to use it a little for the time being.] It



's a welcome atmosphere in the distribution industry, such as department stores.



In particular, as it is now possible to take off the mask that used to cover the face, expectations for an increase in demand for beauty-related products such as cosmetics are high.



[Yang Kwang-seok/Cosmetics Manager at Department Store: I'm looking forward to it because I can take off the mask, so customers can freely apply perfume and color as much as they want.]



However, many large private academies keep their masks on.



You can take off your mask like school, but it's because it can affect many students if corona occurs.



[Lee Chang-seop/Director: Since they are students who are about to enter college, they pay more attention to safety.

Even if you release them outside and set them free, we...

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In line with the lifting of the indoor mask duty, banknotes will restore the business start time from 9:30 am to 9:00 am from tomorrow.



(Video coverage: In Pil-seong · Shin Dong-hwan, video editing: Lee So-young)