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The South Korean cafes grappling with students who don’t leave

The South Korean cafes grappling with students who don’t leave

Juna Moon Reporting fromSouth Korea BBC The ‘desk’ of a 33-year-old developer in Starbucks In the affluent Seoul neighbourhood of Daechi, Hyun Sung-joo has a dilemma. His coffee shop is sometimes visited by Cagongjok, a term for mostly young South Koreans who love to study or work at cafes, but there’s a limit. He says one customer recently set up …

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