FILE PHOTO: A restaurant owner waits for customers at her empty restaurant in Seoul, South Korea, October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Cynthia Kim/File Photo
SEOUL (Reuters) - For pub owner Jun Jung-sook, Seoul's once-vibrant Nokdu Street is not what it used to be when people queued for a table to end their day with Korean mung bean pancakes and shots of the fiery local rice wine makgeolli.
The more common sight now is of half-empty pubs and bars along the neon-lit alley and streets, a telling sign of a sharp shift in South Korea's once-notorious drinking culture.
