Starbucks Korea named best employer of year

Starbucks Korea's Chief Partner Resources Officer Sua Jang, left, poses with Minister of Employment and Labor Lee Jung-sik after the ministry awarded the company for providing quality workplaces for a significant amount of local communities, at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul, Monday. Since opening its first shop in 1999 with 40 partners, the coffee giant has grown 570-fold and now has over 23,000 employees at 1,800 stores nationwide. Courtesy of Starbucks Korea