Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A customer passes by an aisle and refrigerators full of items at a convenience store in Seoul. (Tina Hsu / For The Times) In many ...

Your neighborhood convenience store may be getting a lot more convenient soon thanks to an injection of Japanese retail culture and maybe some rice balls, too. In Japan, convenience stores are called ...

In many parts of the world, convenience stores are the shops of last resort: cigarettes, sodas and laundry detergent. But in South Korea, you might find single malt whiskies, $800 French wines, 24K ...