A gym in downtown Seoul that has been discontinued due to measures to prevent new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). News 1
“We decided to open the gym from the 4th to protest against the unfair and irrational gathering ban.”
Gym owners are protesting against the government’s decision to extend the ban on grouping indoor sports facilities (last 2nd). They are predicting collective action, saying, “We will open the door of karma as a protest.”
Earlier, on the 31st of last month, at the Naver Cafe’Health Club Managers’ Meeting, where people in the national gymnasium share information… An agreement to open the door was posted. Opened in 2006, this café is an internet community that gathers people from related industries and has 40,000 members. Kim Seong-woo, 45, a cafe operator and author, the chairman of the Korea Fitness Manager Association, argued, “As a result of meeting with representatives of various gym chains (in the event of extended restrictions on the operation of indoor sports facilities), we agreed to open the door as a protest.” did.
Chairman Kim, the CEO of a gym in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, said in a call with the JoongAng Ilbo on the 3rd, “The rental fee, management fee, living expenses, and refund requests are inundated, resulting in a deficit of 20 million to 30 million won per month.” He appealed that he was giving 3 million won in subsidies to indoor sports facility operators without permitting them.
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Chairman Kim said, “I think all sports facilities such as indoor golf, billiards, pilates, and boxing should be open to protest,” and argued, “I will no longer be playing against the incompetent’political defense’.”
In the post of Chairman Kim, there were about 100 comments saying “I will join you”. Some members expressed concern that “if a confirmed person comes out after opening, then the gym will be out of sight” and “it is dangerous to receive a member or run a business.” In his post, Chairman Kim said, “Opening of the gym should be viewed as a one-person protest. To prevent the spread of infection in sports facilities, we will follow rules such as opening until 9 pm, closing shower rooms, and prohibiting GX (group exercise).”
“I can go to a ski resort or academy, but why not a gym?”
On the afternoon of the 16th, members of the Federation of Health Club Directors are shaving in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, urging for the right to live. News 1
If a business place corresponding to a prohibited collective business is opened, the maximum penalty for business suspension is from the fine. According to the quarantine guidelines announced by the government on the 2nd, the steps to distance the metropolitan area (2.5) and the non-metropolitan area (2) have been extended for an additional two weeks until the 17th. Some facilities, such as ski resorts, snow sledding grounds, and ice rinks, resume operation, but place restrictions on the number of people and time. Academies and training centers in the metropolitan area can also be operated if the number of employees is 9 or less at the same time. On the other hand, indoor sports facilities such as gyms, indoor golf training centers and billiards should be closed. As a result, gym owners are protesting that the government’s quarantine measures are “inequality quarantine,” which is contrary to equity.
Chairman Kim said, “We held the rally and shaved ceremony and made continuous recommendations to the local government, but no one listened to our voices in the meantime,” he said. “We expect thousands of gyms to open nationwide.” He said, “It is limited to restaurants, pubs, ski resorts, and academies, but we do not remove the ban on grouping indoor sports facilities that are safer than anywhere else,” he said. “In the case of non-metropolitan areas, the gym until 9 pm He stressed that there were no cases of infection by following the quarantine rules such as wearing a mask.”
“If we really don’t have money, we can’t give refunds to our members, and if we go out of business, we’ll see it as if we’re going to be ‘whooping’ and consumers will lose money.’ It can also be prevented.”
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On the 5th, the owners of indoor sports facilities are holding a rally in front of the Democratic Party’s company. Photo Pilates and fitness business association
On the 30th of last month, the Pilates and Fitness Business Federation filed a lawsuit against the government in which 153 owners of indoor sports facilities claim a total of 765 million won per person, 5 million won. Since the 11th of last month, the group has also held a one-person relay demonstration at the National Assembly Building and the Blue House. About 180 people took part in the protests. Park Joo-hyung, the head of the Pilates and Fitness Business Federation, argued, “The 5 million won bill per person is the minimum amount that is about monthly rent and administrative expenses for a small business,” and argued that “the bill can be increased in the future.”
Representative Park also said, “To prevent the spread of Corona 19 in any case, we have protested one person so far, but we have reported a 9-member rally to make our voice even more voiced.” We plan to carry out a performance shouting’guarantee the right to live’.” Gym owners will argue that they are sinners who lost their freedom and right to live in prison.
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