Do Convenience Stores With No Staff Signal a Future with Fewer Jobs?

Inside, the convenience store looks like any of the countless shops one finds on almost every street in South Korea. Under bright fluorescent lights there are shelves of instant noodles and snacks, refrigerators stocked with iced coffee and soft drinks, racks of mobile phone chargers and cables. But unlike other convenience stores, the cigarettes are in a machine, and there are no alcoholic beverages. The biggest difference is near the entrance: Instead of a full-sized counter helmed by a huma