'It's ruining everyone': eerie quiet reigns in coronavirus-hit South Korean city

More than half of the country's 602 cases have been traced to a church in Daegu

Sunday morning found Kim Tae-woo sitting in his convenience store at the normally bustling East Daegu train station, counting the day's customers on the fingers of one hand.

"Thing are beyond quiet here," he said. "It feels like I'm at a meditation centre. I'm thinking of removing the magazine stand. No one has the peace of mind to flip through them now."