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

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stepped down in 1988 amid growing calls for democracy.

Critics also questioned the use of the phrase “tak” for echoing explanations by South Korean police in 1987 for the death of a student protester, who was found to have been tortured. At the time, police said the student died after investigators struck a desk making a “tak” sound, according to local continue reading …

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