{
  "id": 13037829,
  "title": "More cafes, PC rooms found violating food safety rules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/more-cafes-pc-rooms-found-violating-food-safety-rules-13037829",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-09T05:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/health/20261009/more-cafes-pc-rooms-found-violating-food-safety-rules"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Internet cafes have been responsible for the majority of food safety violations at leisure venues frequented by children and teenagers, according to recent statistics. A report from Rep. Seo Young-seok of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea revealed that 782 violations of the Food Sanitation Act occurred at kids cafes, internet cafes, comic book cafes, and board game cafes between 2020 and June 2021. Internet cafes, known as PC bangs, accounted for the majority of these cases, with 588 violations, or 75.2% of the total. The remaining violations were spread across kids cafes (121), comic book cafes (38), and board game cafes (35). One of the most common violations was the failure to complete mandatory hygiene training, which occurred in 464 cases, or 59.3% of the total. Other common violations included failing to undergo health checkups (107 cases), operator compliance rule breaches (78 cases), sanitary handling standard breaches (67 cases), and facility standards violations (40 cases).",
  "summary": "Internet cafes accounted for three-quarters of food hygiene violations since 2020 at leisure venues popular with children and teenagers, while inspections of kids cafes have fallen by nearly half, according to data from the office of Rep. Seo Young-seok of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), Friday. Authorities recorded 782 violations of the Food Sanitation Act at kids cafes, internet…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "More cafes, PC rooms found violating food safety rules",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/more-cafes-pc-rooms-found-violating-food-safety-rules",
        "published": "2026-10-09T05:17:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}