Starbucks serves South Koreans coffee and a glimpse into the North

GIMPO, South Korea –
The world’s final Cold War frontier now has a Starbucks cafe in South Korea the place clients can get a glimpse by way of the closely militarized border into the North, all whereas sipping a latte.

Hundreds confirmed up on Friday for the opening of the U.S. coffeehouse chain’s latest retailer in an observatory close to town of Gimpo, round 50 kilometers northwest of Seoul and near the Demilitarized Zone separating the 2 Koreas.

The DMZ has turn out to be an unlikely draw for international and native vacationers, regardless of a spike in tensions on the Korean Peninsula in recent times.