Interior minister expresses 'deep regret' over Starbucks Korea's 'Tank Day' campaign, vows boycott
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Interior minister expresses 'deep regret' over Starbucks Korea's 'Tank Day' campaign, vows boycott

May 21, 2026
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Interior Minister Yun Ho-jung on Thursday said he will rule out using the South Korean operator of Starbucks in future government events, after the coffee chain came under fire for an inappropriate marketing campaign associated with a bloody military crackdown on a pro-democracy movement in 1980. Yun made the remarks in a post uploaded on X, formerly Twitter, saying he expresses deep regret over the recent ahistorical action by Starbucks Korea on the anniversary of the May 18 Gwangju uprisin

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Interior minister expresses 'deep regret' over Starbucks Korea's 'Tank Day' campaign, vows boycott
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