Korean Cafés and the Search for a Third Place

Iced Americano and bread on a table inside a Korean café in South Korea

Walk into a café in Seoul on a weekday afternoon, and the first thing you notice may not be the coffee. Someone is working on a laptop.Someone is studying with a textbook and a tablet.Someone is watching a video with earphones.Someone is sitting alone by the window, not doing much at all. To many foreign … Read more