SEOUL: The head of Starbucks Korea has been fired after a marketing campaign sparked public outrage for evoking painful memories of a brutal military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980.

Starbucks Korea apologized Monday over an online promotional event after it faced backlash for allegedly evoking painful memories of South Korea's authoritarian

‘Tank Day’ event causes outrage with ‘malicious mockery’ of deadly crackdown during dictatorship era

SEOUL: The head of Starbucks Korea has been fired after a marketing campaign sparked public outrage for evoking painful memories of a brutal military crackdown on pro-democracy…

Avant l’éviction du patron de l’antenne nationale de Starbucks, le président sud-coréen Lee Jae Myung avait condamné cette opération marketi

The head of Starbucks Korea has been fired after a marketing campaign sparked public outrage for evoking painful memories of a brutal military crackdown on pro-democracy…

La campaña publicitaria provocó una oleada de críticas y tuvo que ser retirada a las pocas horas por ofensa a ciudadanos

Uso de expressão em comercial é ligado a repressão militar em protesto que matou centenas

Demissão ocorreu após a Starbucks lançar a campanha “Tank Day”, no Dia do Movimento pela Democratização, que homenageia a Revolta de Gwangju, liderada por estudantes em maio de…

After criticism from online commenters and even the president, the chairman of Shinsegae Group sacked the CEO of Starbucks Korea and issued an apology

SEOUL - The head of Starbucks Korea has been fired after a marketing campaign sparked public outrage and boycott calls for evoking painful memories of a brutal military crackdown…

A promotional event for a series of tumblers drew criticism and calls for boycotts for appearing to make light of the 1980 uprising and massacre in Gwangju

SEATTLE — Days after Starbucks Korea’s “Tank Day” campaign sparked outrage domestically, overseas social media users have begun reacting to the con...