Kwak Yeon-soo is a digital editor at The Korea Times creating, editing and curating digital content for the newspaper’s website, mobile app and social media. She previously covered a diverse array of cultural, political and business topics.
Interest brews for Blue Bottle Coffee
People line up in front of Blue Bottle Coffee, which opened in Seongsu-dong, eastern Seoul, Friday. More than 200 people were waiting as of 8 a.m., the opening hour, to get a taste of coffee from the new cafe. Korea is the second international market for the company, which opened its first Tokyo cafe in 2015. It will open a second cafe in Samcheong-dong in Seoul by the second quarter, according to Blue Bottle. Yonhap
By Kwak Yeon-soo