SEOUL: A lengthy property market slump and low interest rates are threatening the future of a uniquely South Korean home lease system that traces its roots back to the 19th century.
“Jeonse” contracts have been a mainstay of the South’s housing market for decades, offering tenants the enticing, and at first sight startling prospect of not actually paying rent.
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