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, ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Coffee drinkers can sip their beverages and view a quiet North Korean mountain village from a new Starbucks at a South Korean border observatory. Customers have to pass ...

Starbucks Korea runs a “Call My Name” service, which allows customers to select a nickname on the app for baristas to shout out when their sea-salt caramel cold brew or sausage pretzel is ready.

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 ...

I visited a Starbucks in Seoul while traveling in South Korea. South Korea is a major market for Starbucks, with more than 1,200 locations of the coffee giant open in the country.

Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) is exiting its $2 billion worth joint venture in South Korea by selling stakes to local partner E-Mart Inc (139480.KS) and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, as it looks ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- Scores of Starbucks cafés in South Korea have this month eliminated plastic straws on a trial basis as the South Korean government pushes shops to use fewer disposable items ...

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 ...