People shop at a Homeplus store in Daejeon, some 140 kilometers south of Seoul, Thursday, as the discount chain resumed operations of its stores nationwide after a court ruling to extend its rehabilitation proceedings. Yonhap
A total of 77.8 billion won ($55 million) in government funds has been provided to workers of financially troubled discount store chain Homeplus Co. over the past five months, the finance ministry said Friday.
Some 35.9 billion won in unemployment benefits and state payments of unpaid wages was provided to Homeplus employees from March 3 through Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Finance and Economy.
They also received 41.9 billion won in government-backed loans to cover living expenses over the same period.
On top of that, 11.6 billion won was provided to local suppliers and partner companies through the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency and other related public corporations.
