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A small cafe in a rural village in Chungcheongbuk-do, once a storage area for agricultural machinery rental, is transforming into a "Michelin-star" cafe, aiming to become a global hot spot. The cafe, named "Olunoders", is being run by a startup company of young entrepreneurs from Chungcheongbuk-do, as well as others from Seoul, Daejeon, Sejong, and Chunchon.

The cafe's owner, Park Geong-ho, aims to make Chungcheongbuk-do a place where young entrepreneurs can thrive by turning the former storage area into a testbed for agricultural product processing, distribution, and other ventures. The cafe sources ingredients and bread from local farms, with the main bread, "Mungbap", made from local brown rice from Chungcheongbuk-do.

The surrounding space (998㎡) will be used as a local food sales outlet for fruits, vegetables, and processed products produced in the area. Park hopes that the cafe will bring new opportunities for local residents and address the issue of urban-rural consumption disparity in the era of concentrated consumer spending in the urban centers.