By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times
December 28, 2010
Reporting from Seoul —
Sure, Oh Yoo-jin wanted a cup of coffee, but what the 24-year-old university student really wanted to do was commune with the residents of her tiny neighborhood cafe — the cats.
On a recent afternoon, Oh and her boyfriend shared the brightly lighted cafe with a dozen felines. There were cats lounging on the windowsills, curiously nosing customers’ coffee cups or taking leisurely strolls past the register.