Starbucks is the most popular coffee chain in South Korea, operating more than 2000 locations across the country Starbucks Korea's chief executive has been sacked over a campaign perceived as ...

Starbucks Korea used AI to write a tone-deaf ad, then closed every store for history training. The same AI, asked to evaluate ...

A marketing campaign by Starbucks Korea has ignited public anger in South Korea after promotional slogans referencing “Tank Day” appeared on the anniversary of the 1980 Gwangju uprising, one of the ...

The coffee chain drew backlash with a marketing campaign for a tumbler that is widely perceived as mocking those who died for South Korea’s pro-democracy movement.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An activist smashes Starbucks tumblers and mugs during a protest against Starbucks' "Tank Day" campaign, which was launched on the ...

Starbucks Korea employees say they are bearing the brunt of public anger over the company's controversial “Tank Day” promotion held on the anniversary of the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement, ...

A marketing campaign called “Tank Day” coincided with the anniversary of a military dictatorship’s crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. By John Yoon Reporting from Seoul Starbucks’s South Korean ...

Civil servant unions have called on their members to boycott Starbucks Korea over a promotional event that evoked painful memories of a brutal military crackdown on the 1980 pro-democracy movement, ...

On May 18, the 46th anniversary of the Gwangju Democratization Movement, Starbucks Korea ran a tumbler promotion called “Tank Day.” The promotional copy included the phrase “Bang on the Desk” – a ...

At a protest last week outside a Starbucks store in Gwangju, a few dozen people smashed Starbucks cups on the ground, video showed. An activist smashing Starbucks tumblers and mugs at a protest ...