The coffee giant faced calls for a boycott after promoting a new range of 'Tank' coffee tumblers on May 18, which was the same date as the anniversary of the violent 1980 Gwangju Uprising.

When Starbucks Korea launched its “Tank Day” coffee promotion on May 18 — the day South Koreans commemorate the 1980 massacre of protestors in Gwan...

A botched tumbler promotion on the anniversary of a pro-democracy massacre unleashed a boycott, police investigation and political firestorm