Dossier
self-service
Coverage of self-service in the Nexus archive.
- Robots to the rescue as South Korea battles severe labour crunch
South Korea is adopting unstaffed coffee shops, ramen eateries, and flower outlets using robots and self-service to address rising labor costs. The National Fire Agency estimates 9,000 such stores nationwide by 2024, with Samsung Card projecting a fourfold increase from 2020 to 2025.