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Soup Kitchens Struggle with Soaring Consumer Prices

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Soup kitchens are struggling with increasing consumer prices and severed financial aid from the private sector due to the current economic downturn. A food kitchen set up near Daegu Station in the southeastern city of Daegu desperately needs help after the cost of food and other merchandise jumped by [...]

Soup Kitchens in S. Korea Suspend Operations amid Coronavirus Outbreak

SEOUL/SUWON, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The spread of the new coronavirus has shut down soup kitchens in South Korea, dealing a blow to homeless people and impoverished senior citizens who rely on free meals. Religious groups and volunteer organizations have suspended the operation of food kitchens in an effort to help contain the spread [...]