Starbucks US HQ apologizes to victims of May 18 Uprising over 'inappropriate' marketing campaign

Starbucks’ US headquarters on Sunday officially apologized to victims of the Gwangju Democratic Uprising and their families for a Starbucks Korea promotional event that evoked memories of the military crackdown on the 1980 pro-democracy movement.

The May 18 Memorial Foundation said it received a written response from the US headquarters expressing regret over the incident, calling it an “inappropriate marketing campaign” that should never have happened. “We apologize for the pain caused to the v