Police raid Starbucks Korea over controversial promotional event

Police raided the headquarters of Starbucks Korea on Wednesday over allegations of insult linked to a marketing campaign that evoked painful memories of the 1980 military suppression of the May 18 pro-democracy uprising. The search and seizure took place over the coffee chain's "Tank Day" promotion on the anniversary of the democratization movement, which critics said defamed the victims of the military's deadly crackdown on the uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju. A civic group earlier