A new Starbucks at a South Korean border observatory offers customers a view of a quiet North Korean mountain village, less than a mile from North Korean territory. The observatory, located at Aegibong Peace Ecopark, requires passing a military checkpoint to enter and overlooks North Korea’s Songaksan mountain and a nearby village in Kaephung county. The facility is part of efforts to develop border sites as tourist destinations, symbolizing robust security on the Korean Peninsula through the presence of the iconic capitalist brand amidst growing tensions between the war-divided Koreas.
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