Self-employed’s Debts Up 5.8 pct in 2021

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Self-employed people’s debts increased 5.8 percent in 2021 from a year earlier amid the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Friday. Loans extended by financial institutions to the self-employed averaged 178 million won (US$138,000) as of end-2021, up 9.75 million won from the previous year, according to the data from Statistics [...]