More coffee shops, less pubs registered this year
Dec 1, 2016
The number of coffee shop licensees rose 20.1 percent, while the figure for pubs dropped 5.8 percent on-year, between January and August, government data showed Thursday.During the same period, the total number of registered businesspeople in the country stood at 6.89 million people, up 4.4 percent on-year, according to data from the National Tax Service.(Yonhap)By sector, registered coffee shop owners surged the most, by 20.1 percent, totaling 36,106 people. Licensees for skin care-related busi