Walk through almost any Korean neighborhood these days and you’re likely to pass at least one cafe with nobody behind the counter — just a self-service machine, a QR code, …
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Korea’s Unmanned Stores Have Quadrupled in Five Years. So Has Their Failure Rate.
by Hana Suhby Hana SuhWalk the back alleys near Hongik University Station in Seoul’s Mapo District this month and the music hits before anything else does — looping jingles spilling out of a row …
