Starbucks faces backlash in South Korea over ‘Tank Day’ campaign

4 sources|Diversity: 95%|May 26, 2:59 PM

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NBC NewsBMay 26, 7:43 AM

Starbucks faces backlash in South Korea over ‘Tank Day’ campaign

Starbucks is facing backlash in South Korea over a “Tank Day” marketing campaign that evoked the country’s deadly 1980 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. In South Korea, Tank Day commemor

NBC NewsBMay 26, 10:56 AM

Starbucks struggles to quell outrage over ‘Tank Day’ campaign that evoked massacre in South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — The head of Starbucks in South Korea apologized again Tuesday as the company faces sustained public backlash against a marketing campaign widely perceived as mocking those who die

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Christian Science MonitorAMay 22, 8:51 PM

This unlikely friendship could herald new era of South Korea-Japan cooperation

Despite coming from different ends of the political spectrum – and lingering tensions between their countries – Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung are forg

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Washington ExaminerCMay 26, 2:59 PM

North Korea carrying out new weapons demonstrations, South Korea warns

North Korea fired at least one short-range ballistic missile and other weapons into the Yellow Sea this week, according to the South Korean military. The missile flew about 50 miles toward the body of

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