Yeongdeungpo opens market to provide free food to needy residents
A resident picks up food and daily necessities at Yeong Won Market in Yeongdeungpo District Office building in Seoul. The district office runs the market where needy residents can receive the necessities for free. Courtesy of Yeoungdeungpo District OfficeBy Bahk Eun-jiThe ongoing coronavirus pandemic is putting financial pressure on people, while some low-income families living in Korea, the world's 10th-largest economy, have apparently been unable to afford groceries.Local governments have been working to help people who have been hit hardest and Yeongdeungpo District in southwestern Seoul has set up a store called “Yeong Won Market,” which can be translated as “zero-won store,” to extend a helping hand to residents whose livelihoods have been threatened by the prolonged pandemic. The district office opened three Yeong Won Market stores in spaces where it had been running food banks for low-income families.The district office also explained that the name “Yeong Won” was chosen to signify a market for residents in Yeongdeungpo district, as well let
