Homeplus Store Quiet as Workers and Shoppers Await Deadline

Homeplus falls silent as shoppers, workers await July 20 deadline

The banners still read, “We are open as usual.” But beyond the entrance, the reality is strikingly different. Where shopping carts would normally rattle across the floor and checkout counters buzz with customers, the store sits eerily still — as if time has stopped. Just steps away, at Homeplus’ culture center, staff spend the day making one phone call after another. “Hello, you heard we’re closed today, right?” one employee says, explaining that the day’s classes can no longer be held. With sto

By The Korea Herald