South Korea's Booming Bakery Cafes Face Tax Crackdown

Korea’s giant bakery cafes are booming. Now comes the tax crackdown

Tall trees, a long staircase and rows of tables fill the airy, three-story building, where high ceilings and broad passageways create the feel of a resort lobby. It is, however, a cafe — one of more than 10 sprawling bakery cafes situated along the Han River in Hanam, Gyeonggi Province, east of Seoul. These cafes are part of a growing phenomenon on the outskirts of the South Korean capital, where coffee shops have become destinations in their own right. Customers come not only for coffee and pas

By The Korea Herald