Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Starbucks opens a cafe with a view of North Korea
Viewing one of the most secretive and protective countries from a Starbucks coffee shop? Last month, a Starbucks outpost opened on an observation tower at the Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo, 36 kilometers north of Seoul. Across the Jo River, customers can see North Korea while sipping coffee from the seat inside or on the observation deck. With a pair of binoculars or a high-zoom phone camera, visitors may have the chance to see North Korean people. The Korean Peninsula has been divided at the 38th parallel since 1945, known as the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a two-kilometer-wide buffer zone on either side of the parallel. While people on the south side of the parallel enjoy democracy, free speech, the Internet, and the latest gadgets, those on the north side have to live with dictatorship, militarism, censorship, and rations. How many North Koreans have ever tasted or known coffee?
Read the article and see the photos of the newly opened American coffee shop near the Korean DMZ.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/starbucks-gimpo-north-korea-intl-hnk/index.html
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