SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of restaurant and other small business owners demonstrated in Seoul on Wednesday, demanding the government scrap the toughed social distancing rules and operating hour curfews that they say would crush their businesses already struggling amid the prolonged pandemic. Some 300 members of the so-called national emergency association of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Owners of restaurants, cafes and other small businesses plan to hold a rally in Seoul this week to protest the government’s implementation of toughened gathering restrictions and business curfews, according an association of small merchants Tuesday. The so-called national emergency association of small business against COVID-19 said it plans [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 750 small business owners held a drive-through rally late Wednesday night to protest the government’s strengthened COVID-19 restrictions in light of a recent flare-up of infections, organizers said. The merchants, who united under the banner of a national emergency committee for small business owners, drove around 11 [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming ban on private gatherings of three or more people in the greater Seoul area is driving owners of restaurants, bars, cafes and many other small businesses into utter despair. On Friday, the government announced a decision to put the capital area under the toughest social distancing rules [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is considering providing rental assistance to smaller merchants hard hit by the new coronavirus outbreak, when it will give them another round of emergency handouts next month, people familiar with the matter said Sunday. The move comes as more smaller merchants and self-employed people are facing the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A live commerce broadcasting channel run by youngsters in their 20s aimed at helping small merchants is drawing public attention in South Korea. During the broadcasts, the two live-stream their shopping on behalf of their viewers to help merchants at traditional five-day markets in South Gyeongsang and Jeolla Provinces, regions [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Officials from the government and the ruling Democratic Party (DP) agreed Monday to cut card commission rates for smaller business owners to help them tide over economic difficulties. The move came as small businesses are feeling the pinch the most amid the economic downturn and the government’s hikes in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Merchants in North Jeolla Province are struggling under the burden of interchange fees, according to a recent survey conducted by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). Queried on the business expense that needs to be addressed most urgently, 59.3 percent of the respondents chose interchange fees. That is [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A majority of small business owners in South Korea are considering reducing staff after being having difficulty coping with the government’s recent minimum wage hikes, the latest of which is set to come into effect next year. According to a survey of 300 small business owners and vendors [...]