K-CAFES AND CAPITAL SEOUL IN THE HEADLINES

K-카페 인기, 걷기 좋은 도시 서울 등

Welcome to Press Perspective for this Tuesday MAY 12th here in Seoul.
I'm Min Sun-hee.
Coffee city and buddhism these are the key words of our discussion today.
For more I have independent journalist Kelly Kasulis Cho here in the studio.
Kelly it's lovely to had you here.
I also have writer Colin Marshall with us.
Colin welcome back.
1) Kelly, let's begin with a recent coverage by CNN under its series K-Everything.
The focus of the piece was K-cafes.
What was the story?

2) Colin, how do you explain the popularity of K-cafes?

3) Kelly, Korea's love for iced Americano is no secret.
What more can you tell us about the coffee culture in South Korea?

4) Colin, a popular scene in downtown Seoul during lunch time is that of people walking around with an iced Americano in their hand.
And this brings me to our next topic of discussion: Seoul has reportedly been "crowned the world's best city for pedestrians."
Do tell us more about this recognition.

5) Kelly, speaking as a resident here, do you think Seoul is the best city in Korea for pedestrians or is there another Korean city that you would like to highlight?

6) Colin, the CNN series on K-Everything that we mentioned earlier is led by acclaimed actor Daniel Dae Kim who asserts that understanding K-culture may serve to ease discrimination against Asians.
What are your thoughts?

7) Kelly, earlier this month, Korean monks reportedly held a Buddhist initiation for a humanoid robot.
I believe our colleague Raphael Rashid covered it for The Guardian.
For those of our viewers who may not have read that article, do fill us in.

8) Colin, the initiation for Gabi reportedly comes amid efforts to court younger Koreans.
What have been some of your observations here with regard to the public perception about Buddhism?
All right.

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2026-05-12, 17:30 (KST)

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