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Convenience Store Society: How South Korea’s 24/7 Shops Became a Way of Life

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A young woman sitting alone at a counter seat inside a South Korean convenience store late at night, with ramyeon station and glowing refrigerators in the background, illustrating how convenience stores have become a social refuge in modern Korea.

Walk into any Korean convenience store at 2 AM and you’ll find the place buzzing. Students hunched over laptops, night-shift workers grabbing a quick meal, friends meeting up for a chat, people just sitting quietly with a coffee. The fluorescent lights hum. The refrigerators buzz. It’s warm, it’s open, and it’s always there. This isn’t … 더 읽기