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

killed during the uprising.

The campaign “tarnished the bloody protests of Gwangju citizens and the victims of the protests,” Lee said, calling it the act of a “degenerate peddler.”

Starbucks Korea posted a statement on its website apologizing for the promotion while Shinsegae Group Chairman Chung Yong-jin also issued a public apology.

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