I Walked Into a Hair Salon. I Left With a Membership, Great Coffee, and a New Theory About Korean Service Culture.
I have a confession. I went in for a trim. I came out with a 1.4 million KRW membership, a warm cup of something excellent, and a slightly revised understanding of what a “salon” is actually capable of being. Welcome to idHAIR One Mount, — officially the id Beauty Cluster — in Goyang-si. Population: several hundred styling …