South Korean Starbucks boss apologizes for ad campaign that evoked massacre
South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin has apologized for a second time in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faces a backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980
May 26, 2026
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