SEOUL - South Korea's Interior Minister said his ministry would stop offering products from companies that "make light" of the country's democratic history, after a public outcry over a Starbucks Korea marketing campaign that evoked a brutal 1980 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

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

After expressing his anger over Starbucks Korea’s controversial "Tank Day" promotion for insulting victims of the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprisin...