Ministry of SMEs and Startups to Hold 10 Regional Meetings with Small Business Owners... "Listening to Difficulties"

Starting with the meeting in Cheongju, Chungbuk on the 16th
Plans to visit Busan, Daegu, and others by October

The government will hold 10 regional on-site meetings to listen to the requests of small business owners.

A restaurant owner in downtown Seoul is updating the menu with increased prices. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced that on the 16th, it will meet with local small business associations in Cheongju, Chungbuk, along with the Small Enterprise and Market Service, to hear about the industry's current status, difficulties, and requests.

The meeting will be attended by seven industry-specific associations, including the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business, the Korea Accommodation Association, and the Korea Foodservice Industry Association, to identify the management difficulties faced by small business owners by region and industry, and to seek solutions.

Starting with the Cheongju meeting, the Ministry plans to visit 10 locations nationwide, including Busan, Daegu, and Chuncheon in Gangwon, by October to collect opinions from small business owners on-site.

Jo Kyung-won, Director of Small Business Policy at the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, said, “We will directly listen to the vivid voices of small business owners struggling with the triple crisis of high interest rates, high prices, and high exchange rates, followed by energy cost burdens and minimum wage increases. We will broadly listen to the regional and industry-specific difficulties of small business owners nationwide and consider ways to solve the challenges that arise on the ground.”

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