Large parts of South Korea’s entertainment industry are reeling as the national government put capital city Seoul on the country’s second highest virus response footing.
Concerts, award shows and movie premieres are being canceled, and all but essential staff are being told to work remotely.“Most people are working from the office here in Busan, but our secondary office in Seoul closed from today, and it will stay closed until the end of December,” Nam Dongchul, the Busan International Film Festival’s chief programmer told Variety.
“We were lucky to be able to hold the festival in October.”“We’ll be working from home again,” said Kim Yunjeong at Seoul-based film sales agent Finecut.
“This is the new normal.”The shelter in place orders are a disappointment for the country’s entertainment industry, which had been riding high from the recent successes of Oscar winning film “Parasite,” pop
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