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Convenience Stores Become Frontlines of Welfare Programs

Summary by The Blue Roof
Photo: CU convenience store. Credit: BGF Retail.South Korea is the convenience store capital of the world, with 55k locations around the country - or about one for every 940 people. A pilot program in the Nam-gu District of Ulsan 울산 남구 is turning them into nodes of community engagement. The idea is simple: if a shopkeeper believes that a customer is in financial distress, they can press a button on their electronic cash register to alert the loc…
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The Blue Roof broke the news in on Friday, October 3, 2025.
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