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No Tip, Please: Why South Korea Is Resisting an American Dining Norm

No Tip, Please: Why South Korea Is Resisting an American Dining Norm

As tip jars quietly appear in restaurants, backlash grows against what many see as creeping Americanization of service culture SEOUL, August 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are voicing frustration over the appearance of tip boxes in local restaurants, igniting debate over whether a foreign practice should be grafted onto a [...]