It has been revealed that unpaid supply payments owed to small business owners by intermediary operators at highway rest areas have reached 5.3 billion won across seven rest areas. Structural issues in rest area operations were also uncovered, including the shifting of facility maintenance costs onto tenants, forced purchases of food ingredients, disclosure of whistleblower identities, and the involvement of former Korea Expressway Corporation officials in securing business interests.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on May 13 that, following an emergency comprehensive survey of small business owners operating in highway rest areas conducted from April 13 to April 30, a total of 58 cases of unfair practices, such as non-payment of supply fees, had been reported.
Cases of non-payment of supply fees were detected at seven rest areas, including Giheung (leased and private), Chungju, and Manghyang. Of the total 5.3 billion won, four rest areas have fully paid approximately 2.6 billion won, and the remaining three (Giheung leased, Giheung private, Manghyang) have additionally settled 2.2 billion won, so that to date, a total of 4.8 billion won has been returned to small business tenants. For the outstanding unpaid amounts, Korea Expressway Corporation has decided to provide...
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