Brew with a view: Starbucks opens shop overlooking Korean DMZ
South Korea's SEOULStarbucks, one of the most well-known, if somewhat boring, representations of global capitalism, has a talent for picking unusual locations for its coffee shops. One is a defunct power plant in London, another is an old former mosque in Cordoba, and a third is a 1,200-year-old castle in Prague.
As tensions between South Korea and its hermetic neighbor to the north have increased recently, their most recent endeavor is a journey into the final frontier of the Cold War.
As of Friday, tourists can enjoy views of the North Korean border and the demilitarized zone from the Aegibong Peace Ecopark near Gimpo, South Korea.
To be among the first in a queue of hundreds outside the coffeehouse's newest location, Baek Hea-soon got up at 4 a.m. on Friday and drove from the adjacent c...