The quieter side of the MERS outbreak

[http://35.194.100.85/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MERS-in-Gyeonggi.jpg]Streets around a hagwon district in Jukcheon, Gyeonggi Province, are all but deserted as MERS forces schools and even private classes to go on a temporary hiatus. (Anna Park for Korea Exposé)It has been over two weeks since MERS landed in South Korea, and an unusual quiet has descended on our town in Gyeonggi-do, the province which encircles Seoul. In this area popular with young families looking for a less urban lifestyle a