Apple will start reopening its retail stores, beginning with South Korea location
Apple said on Thursday that it would reopen its retail store in Seoul, South Korea, this week as part of a broader push to resume physical retail operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. There are no concrete plans yet to reopen stores elsewhere, although Apple has said in the past that it could start reopening stores in US sometime in may. Apple initially closed its retail stores in mainland China earlier this year, and then in March, it closed all 458 other locations around the world, with a deadline of March 27th that has since been extended indefinitely as the spread of the virus has worsened. The closures have affected Apple's ability to conduct in store returns repairs, offer Genius Bar support, and sell inventory containing both its own products and those of third-party partners. South Korea has shown great progress during the spread of COVID-19, Apple said in a statement, South Korea has a population of more than 51 million, has just over 10,500 confirmed cases and only