SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – In a strategic shift to combat the migration of shoppers to online platforms, South Korean department stores are engaged in a fierce competition to introduce exclusive international cafes and dessert shops to the local market. Social media platforms are abuzz with posts from eager patrons flocking to newly opened establishments [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The home rental platform Airbnb Inc. said Tuesday it has partnered with the Seoul metropolitan government to turn a Han River cafe into an Airbnb destination in the capital city of South Korea. Sky Suite Hangang Bridge, located on the northern end of the Hangang Bridge, was formerly used [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court has ordered the demolition of a café building in Ulsan that imitated a famous award-winning café building in Gijang, Busan. The 11th Civil Chamber of the Seoul Western District Court ruled partially in favor of Kwak Hee-soo, the head of IDMM Architects, who filed a compensation suit [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced a trial project to offer customers who bring their own tumblers to cafes an additional discount of 300 won (US$0.23), in addition to any discounts already offered by the cafes. The city government initially invited 100 cafes to participate in the project, and [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Older South Koreans are up in arms over a photo of a local cafe’s “no-senior zone” notice shared on social media. The cafe owner’s intention to welcome guide dogs but prohibit access to seniors added to the controversy. The person responsible for sharing the photo of the cafe said [...]
JEONJU, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – It was Tuesday, two days ahead of the Day of People with Disability, when Regen Cafe, located in the southwestern city of Jeonju, was spotlighted for its disability-friendly environment. The cafe is run by four baristas with disabilities who use a two-way kiosk to receive orders. Next to the [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will launch a waste reduction program this year, giving a discount of 400 won (US$0.3) to consumers who buy beverages in reusable personal cups at cafes, officials said Monday. The program is intended to encourage cafe-goers to use personal tumblers, instead of disposable cups, to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A new coffee shop with a view of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office has been set up in a park near the presidential office building, officials said Thursday. The cafe is located on the grounds of Yongsan Park, which is being built on land previously used as a U.S. [...]
YONGIN, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The area around an outdoor wave pool at Caribbean Bay, the water park within amusement park Everland, will be transformed into an exotic resort beach. The resort division of Samsung C&T, which runs Everland and Caribbean Bay, said it will open the Mar Caribe The Bayside Café in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Doosan Robotics Co. said Thursday it has produced an unmanned modular robot cafe in cooperation with Folletto Robotics, a local unmanned beverage manufacturing system maker. Doosan Robotics is a subsidiary wholly owned by Doosan Corp., a holding company of Doosan Group, South Korea’s 15th largest conglomerate by asset. The [...]