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Starbucks steps in it, big-time, in South Korea
Posted on 5/26/26 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 5/26/26 at 7:56 pm
What a monumental screwup
Starbucks struggles to quell outrage over ‘Tank Day’ ad campaign that evoked massacre in South Korea
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
Starbucks struggles to quell outrage over ‘Tank Day’ ad campaign that evoked massacre in South Korea
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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SEOUL, South Korea — The head of Starbucks in South Korea apologized again Tuesday as the company faces sustained public backlash against a marketing campaign widely perceived as mocking those who died for the country’s pro-democracy movement.
The coffee chain, which has been in South Korea since 1999, had planned to start selling a large tumbler it calls a “tank” May 18, declaring it “Tank Day.” May 18 is also the anniversary of a 1980 crackdown by South Korea’s former military dictatorship, in which hundreds of pro-democracy activists in the city of Gwangju were killed or injured by troops, tanks and helicopters.
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Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:01 pm to uggabugga
The maga faux outrage. Over a coffee cup from a starbucks in South Korea.
Gotta love Starbucks.
Gotta love Starbucks.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:18 pm to CrystalPreserves
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The maga faux outrage. Over a coffee cup from a starbucks in South Korea.
Gotta love Starbucks.
Your IQ must be your shoe size.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:25 pm to CrystalPreserves
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The maga faux outrage. Over a coffee cup from a starbucks in South Korea.
Exactly how stupid are you?
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:27 pm to uggabugga
They don't frick around...
"The head of Starbucks Korea (SCK Company) is currently vacant following the dismissal of former CEO Sohn Jeong-hyun. Sohn was fired by the parent conglomerate, Shinsegae Group, in May 2026 following public outrage over a controversial "Tank Day" marketing campaign.
"The head of Starbucks Korea (SCK Company) is currently vacant following the dismissal of former CEO Sohn Jeong-hyun. Sohn was fired by the parent conglomerate, Shinsegae Group, in May 2026 following public outrage over a controversial "Tank Day" marketing campaign.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:31 pm to CrystalPreserves
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The maga faux outrage. Over a coffee cup from a starbucks in South Korea.
Gotta love Starbucks. ?
Is South Korea Maga? I've never been.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:49 pm to uggabugga
Starbuck's loves their communists.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:59 pm to CrystalPreserves
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The maga faux outrage. Over a coffee cup from a starbucks in South Korea.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:32 pm to dgnx6
quote:South Koreans are horrible horrible people. Once you understand South Korea you understand North Korea.
Is South Korea Maga? I've never been.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:35 pm to faraway
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South Koreans are horrible horrible people. Once you understand South Korea you understand North Korea.
I don't know anything about SK... whatchu talkin about? Why are they bad?
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:57 pm to uggabugga
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pro-democracy activists
Commies united...
Posted on 5/26/26 at 11:38 pm to CrystalPreserves
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CrystalPreserves
You are one stupid mother fricker to think that South Koreans being insulted by a leftist corp has anything to do with Trump supporters.
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:11 am to CrystalPreserves
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The maga faux outrage. Over a coffee cup from a starbucks in South Korea.
You found a MAGA boogeyman in South Korea?
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:23 am to nvasil1
That nerd’s TDS is off the charts.
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:42 am to faraway
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South Koreans are horrible horrible people. Once you understand South Korea you understand North Korea.
They're the absolute most oblivious people I've ever had personal experience with. I wouldn't say they're horrible people, but they're definitely safety liabilities. They don't even possess a zero sense of self-awareness, their sense is clearly in the negatives.
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:45 am to faraway
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South Koreans are horrible horrible people.
My son spent over six months there and thought they were very nice people.
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they're definitely safety liabilities.
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Stealth Matrix
He said that, too!
This post was edited on 5/27/26 at 7:48 am
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:51 am to uggabugga
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Starbucks steps in it, big-time, in South Korea
Hard to feel sorry for them.
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:58 am to faraway
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South Koreans are horrible horrible people. Once you understand South Korea you understand North Korea.
Where do you get your information from? I feel like you might be talking out of your arse.
The South Koreans are some of the friendliest people I've met.
Stationed there, place was safe and my family loved it.
This post was edited on 5/27/26 at 8:04 am
Posted on 5/27/26 at 8:15 am to faraway
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South Koreans are horrible horrible people. Once you understand South Korea you understand North Korea.
And you’re basing this off of…?
Once you understand North Korean leadership, you understand South Korea.
East Germans built tunnels to escape. North Koreans build tunnels to attack.
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