TV Series "Itaewon Class" actor, Itaewon restaurant will be closed tomorrow due to coronavirus.

Hong Seok-cheon, a talented actor who starred in the blockbuster TV series "Itaewon Class", eventually closed a store that operates in Seoul Itaewon, due to a prolonged COVID-19 viral infection.

Hong Seok-cheon on Instagram on 19th, "I spent 18 years in Itaewon running a restaurant. It's a really long time", "I spent my 30s and 40s alone here. But it seems like it's time to take a break."

He said, "In 2000, when I came out and was kicked out of program, Itaewon accepted me as I was, so it started from a small rooftop restaurant, and when it was a lot, I operated up to 7 stores. However, tomorrow Sunday, my last store in Itaewon, "My Chelsea," will be closed."

He said, "I have overcome all the crises such as the financial crisis and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), but I am intolerable in the presence of the COVID-19 viral infection," and said, "My youth dream, people, love, everything. Itaewon is filled with dreams. A vague dream of building a town like Lan Kwai Fong in Hong Kong and Soho in New York on the back streets of Itaewon in his 20s was made over the years. I thought, but it's too disappointing, sore, angry, and still relieved, but regrettable. The problem is that it's always everywhere, not just corona."

Along with that, "My little cry doesn't seem to help much. The owners of the building, the people working in the government, things didn't go well. There could be circumstances. I'm resting. Resting gives me new energy. "I will return again. Above all, I am deeply grateful to the merchants of Itaewon who have spent time with me, and to everyone who visited Itaewon and my store for more than 10 years," he said. The president of the restaurant is in a really difficult position, we have to be pushed into the corner. I'm happy that I made the decision before it was too late."

Hong Seok-cheon "I don't know someday, I'll definitely come back to Itaewon. I love Itaewon. Itaewon, my love, goodbye for a while" he added.

Prior to this, through the SNS of Hong Seok-cheon himself, he repeatedly complained that the operation of the store was difficult due to the situation of COVID-19 virus infection, and organized the store. But in the end, the last restaurant in Itaewon also decided to close down.