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Maryam Khanum

Starbucks Opens Coffee Shop on North Korean Border, Invite Customers to Gawk at Oppressed Villagers

The cafe, which officially opened for its first day of business on Friday, is located in Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo city. (Credit: SeongJoon Cho/Getty Images)

Starbucks has just opened a coffee shop on an observation tower near one of the world's most heavily armed borders: the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), at the border between North and South Korea.

The cafe, which officially opened for its first day of business on Friday, is located in Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo city. It is attached to an observation deck where people can see across the Jo River into North Korea, reported CNN.

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