Starbucks Korea CEO fired after ‘Tank’ tumblers evoke memories of brutal crackdown on democracy

SeoulReuters — 

The head of Starbucks Korea has been fired after a marketing campaign sparked public outrage for evoking painful memories of a brutal military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980.

Shinsegae Group, the retail conglomerate that licenses and manages the US coffee chain in South Korea, said it had sacked Sohn Jeong-hyun, the head continue reading …