BGF Retail, operator of the CU convenience store chain, said it opened its 600th store in Mongolia, becoming the first Korean retailer to reach that milestone in a single overseas market, about eight years after opening its first store in the country in 2018. The store in the Bulgan Aimag region — about 600 kilometers west of the capital Ulaanbaatar — opened with a ceremony on June 26, which was attended by BGF Retail merchandising and overseas business head Jin Young-ho and Adilbish, chairman of Premium Nexus Group, CU's master franchise partner in Mongolia. The roughly 281-square-meter store sits along a highway route to Lake Khuvsgul, a popular tourist destination, and serves tourists and long-haul truckers. It includes shower facilities, solar power equipment and an electric vehicle charging station — Mongolia's first to be located at a convenience store — along with a section for locally-sourced food. Mongolian Prime Minister Uchral Nyam-Osor said the store's "Green Station" environmental model, developed through Premium Nexus Group's sustainability efforts, would serve as