Starbucks sees sales drop, mass protests in South Korea after ‘Tank Day’ promotion for massacre that killed 2K people

2 sources|Diversity: 63%Center blind spot|May 26, 9:13 PM

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CBS NewsBMay 26, 9:50 AM

South Korean Starbucks boss apologizes for ad campaign that evoked massacre

South Korean Starbucks' boss apologized again as it faced a backlash over a marketing campaign widely seen as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown in 1980.

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NY PostCMay 26, 9:13 PM

Starbucks sees sales drop, mass protests in South Korea after ‘Tank Day’ promotion for massacre that killed 2K people

Furious activists smashed Starbucks cups with a hammer outside a store near the site of a brutal military crackdown, which the chain was accused of "making light" of in a recent promotion.

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