South Korea Tamps Down Coronavirus, but Economy Remains Paralyzed

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South Korea flattened its coronavirus curve. But the local economy is still ailing. 'I'm desperate,' a single mother says.

SEOUL—When the coronavirus ripped across South Korea in mid-February, bar owner Seo Ji-won felt somewhat secure. He had some savings, didn’t have a family to feed and ran a popular establishment in a busy neighborhood.

Last week, Mr. Seo decided to close his 10-table business, called CTavern, for at least a month. Emergency funds earmarked for small establishments like his have yet to materialize. Even as South Korea’s coronavirus pandemic has eased, his bar remained nearly empty. Sales plummeted 90%.

 

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Some would consider such literature bad propaganda against the current regime.

Hi. I see you wrote 'South Korea' but did you know that Koreans don't really like it when you specify 'South' when it's not totally necessary to what you're saying? It's a painful and unwelcome reminder of our divided country. Please consider this in the future. 감사합니다!

Oh my God! We all in Europ look at them as an optimitic case of recovery (epidemy and economics) ...all the dreams don't come through

South Korea's economy is heavily dependent on western world' imports. And you know that (as of now, at least) the western world is still locked down.

After the USA, the USSR, China and DPRK bombed and invaded their country, after Japan had occupied it for ~30 years .... Koreans are tough and will survive .... There are things more important than the economy ....

China has been killing so many East Turkistani andTibet people, the world is silent, now China is killing every body by the virus, if you are still silent , China never stop because China is an invader, so if you are a human just stand up and say to China: Stop, enough is enough

tiger DIAGNOSED WITH coronavirus at BronxZoo, in New York City Six other tigers and Lions at the zoo are also showing symptoms....

They are on the recovery path. We are still climbing. 🥴

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