A Starbucks perched just 1.4 kilometers from the North Korean border has drawn more than 120,000 visitors in only seven ...

Visitors sit at a newly opened Starbucks store as North Korea's Kaephung county is seen in the background at the observatory of the Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024.

As of 2024, there are nearly 2,000 Starbucks coffee shops across South Korea, according to SCK Company, which operates Starbucks in the country through a licensing deal.

Starbucks is ubiquitous across South Korea, with 1,980 stores as of the third quarter of 2024, according to Starbucks Coffee Korea Company, now known as SCK Company, ...

Walk into any Starbucks in South Korea right now, and there are some names you definitely won't be hearing. Six to be exact - and they happen to be the names of the candidates running in the ...

Starbucks’ nickname service in South Korea causes political headaches. Customers had been using the “Call My Name” option — often used for jokes and K-pop fandom — to have baristas shout ...

A Starbucks Korea spokesperson told NBC News the policy was introduced “in order to prevent inappropriate and abusive use of the names.”. The decision comes as South Koreans have increasingly ...

Around 200 Starbucks stores in South Korea are testing out plant-based plastic straws after customers complained about the durability of the coffee chain’s paper straws.

Starbucks has opened a new coffee shop in South Korea, where customers can sip their lattes and view a quiet North Korean mountain village in the distance.. On Friday (November 28), the American ...