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Commercial Lease in Korea: A Seoul Restaurant Owner's Checklist

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A commercial lease in Korea comes with specific legal protections for restaurant tenants. Under the Commercial Building Lease Protection Act, you can ask to renew your lease for up to 10 years in total, and your landlord cannot block you from collecting key money from the next tenant without a legal reason. Both rights have deadlines, and what the landlord tells you at signing, such as a rebuilding plan, can limit them later. I run two restaurants in Gangnam, Seoul. One of them is Deungchon Shabu Kalguksu (Eonju branch), a Korean shabu-shabu place near Yeoksam Station. This post is the checklist I would hand to a friend from abroad, or a Korean coming home from overseas, who wants to rent a restaurant space in Seoul. It is general information from an owner, not legal advice, so have a Korean lawyer check your own contract before you sign. The checklist before you sign Print this and take it to the viewing. Mark 6 months and 1 month before expiry Get any rebuilding plan in writin...
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Deungchon Shabu Kalguksu near Yeoksam Station: Korean Shabu-Shabu Guide (EN/中文/日本語)

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Looking for Korean shabu-shabu near Yeoksam or Gangnam Station? Deungchon Shabu Kalguksu, Eonju branch, is a short walk from Yeoksam Station. One pot gives you three courses: beef and vegetables first, then knife-cut noodles, then fried rice cooked in the last of the broth. To be upfront: I run this restaurant. I wrote it for visitors who don't read Korean. The facts come from our own menu and our customer reviews. Where I am not sure of something, such as opening hours, I point you to the map instead of guessing. Quick facts before you go Name 등촌샤브칼국수 언주점 (Deungchon Shabu Kalguksu, Eonju branch) Area Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Walking distance from Yeoksam Station (Line 2) Address 22 Teheran-ro 27-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (서울 강남구 테헤란로27길 22), 2nd floor Opening hours Not listed here on purpose. Please check Google Maps or Naver Map before visiting Drinks Corkage free: you can bring your own alcohol Maps Google Maps / Naver Map A small tip: in Korea, Naver Map is us...
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AI Review Replies for Korean Delivery Apps: A Restaurant Owner's Notes

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Yes, AI can reply to delivery app reviews for a small restaurant, and it saves real time. In October 2026 I built a small program with Claude that writes and posts replies to customer reviews on Baemin, Coupang Eats and Naver for the two restaurants I run in Gangnam, Seoul. This post covers why I did it, how the setup works at a high level, and what I would tell another owner before trying it. Why reviews matter so much on Korean delivery apps In Korea, most delivery orders go through a few big apps. Baemin is the largest, and Coupang Eats has grown fast. A 2025 Korea Times report put Coupang Eats at 25.7 percent of the market, up from 13.7 percent, with Baemin dropping below 60 percent. On these apps, customers scroll past dozens of similar restaurants. Ratings and recent reviews are often the deciding factor. Owner replies are visible right under each review, so a shop that answers every review looks alive. A shop with a wall of unanswered reviews looks like nobody is home. The ...
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Revision

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This term, i studied Introduction to Business and Management. So, today i try to revise and practice about final exam. As regard Quiz ,it is a definition part. 1.What is the purpose of SWOT? SWOT Analysis is a simple but useful framework for analyzing your organization's strengths and weaknesses, and the opportunities and threats that you face. It helps you focus on your strengths, minimize threats, and take the greatest possible advantage of opportunities available to you. 2.What does SWOT stand for? Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats 3. What is the purpose of a PESTLE? Companies want to know external business environment for future factor. 4.What does PESTLE stand for? Political, Economic, Social, Technology, legal and Environmental. 5.What is the purpose of Porter's value chain? Use analyzing  internal organisation. 6.What is the purpose of Poters 5 Forces? Analysis competitor a...
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Globalisation

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My coursebook illustrated about this week, Aim - To look develop and look at ideas surrounding globalization, continuing from the previous week. The spotlight topic is the role of HR within an organisation, and in addition we will look (again) at how functional areas are inter-related. This will pick up this concept introduced in week 3 (structure). What is Globalization? Schech  and Haggis (2000) claims  'the intensification of global disconnectedness’. Kiely (1999) mentioned that ‘globalization refers to a world in which societies, cultures, politics and economies have, in some sense come closer together. Also, i believe Globalization implies the opening of local and nationalistic perspectives to a broader outlook of an interconnected and interdependent world with free transfer of capital, goods and services across national frontiers. On the other hand, it does not include unhin...
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International Business

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 This week, my group object is international business and to concentrate trading internationally, how to trade internationally and the context of international trade. International trade is not new like a silk-road but 21 century is more faster then past. How to go international • Outsource- not just manufacturing because a lot of  companies try to survival the markets. This mean, the Companies must develop outstanding and outsource goods. Samsung was only the big company at South Korea but  today, they are one of big global company and market  leader at the IT market.   profit and find a chance in the world and the companies  also would get a chance for big company or success. • Exporting/ Importing give to chance about  rapidly  increasing  the companies such as Samsung.  However, it also can fail  such as Nokia.  •Foreign Direct Investm...
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