Music industry workers urge gov t to save dying performing arts industry amid pandemic
Posted : 2021-01-27 10:09
Updated : 2021-01-27 15:16
Members of the Korea Association of Music Venues hold placards asking the government to revise unrealistic social distancing measures on their businesses at Rolling Hall near Hongik University in western Seoul, Monday. Courtesy of Korea Association of Music Venues
By Park Ji-won
Times have been tough for everyone since the outbreak of COVID-19 last year, but professionals in the country s small live music community have been experiencing especially severe financial difficulties.
After cancellations of performances and bankruptcies of concert venues over the last year, groups of music industry workers have urged the government to come up with realistic measures to tackle their financial difficulties, and asked for more government support