As South Korea’s economy rebounds, small businesses struggle with tighter coronavirus curbs

When Park Sang-jun heard that his country’s economy was continuing its rebound from a slump brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, the owner of a small coffee shop in a city south of Seoul felt as if he must be living on another planet.South Korea’s exports rose 4 per cent in November from a year earlier to reach US$45.8 billion, according to data from the trade ministry. Growth, meanwhile, was stronger than estimated in the third quarter, with the Bank of Korea reporting a 2.1 per cent increase…

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