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![A person walks along an empty street in Myeong-dong in central Seoul on Tuesday. The coronavirus pandemic has greatly reduced household consumption, leading to a minus 1-percent growth in the country's real gross domestic product (GDP) last year, according to data by the Bank of Korea. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11468833.jpg?imageId=11468833&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)