South Korea police raid Starbucks HQ over 'Tank Day' fiasco

SEOUL: South Korean police raided the Starbucks national headquarters Wednesday (Aug 5), the chain's local operator told AFP, following allegations that an advertising campaign defamed activists slain in 1980 pro-democracy protests.Starbucks Korea caused an uproar this year when it launched a "Tank Day" promotion on Ma

Coffee chain has faced backlash over marketing promotion tied to anniversary of Gwangju massacre South Korean police have raided the headquarters of Starbucks Korea as part of an investigation into a marketing campaign accused of trivialising the country’s 1980s pro-democracy movement. Investigators searched the buildi

South Korean police raided Starbucks Korea over records tied to its "Tank Day" promotion, which was launched on the anniversary of the 1980 Gwangju uprising.

South Korean police raided the nation’s Starbucks headquarters on Wednesday to look for evidence that the coffee chain knowingly trivialized a 1980 massacre through its “Tank Day” advertisement campaign. A spokesperson for the Shinsegae Group, Starbucks Korea’s parent company, confirmed the raid was part of an ongoing

Starbucks Korea faced major backlash after being accused of trivializing a 1980 massacre. Police say their internal investigation was not thorough enough.

People have filed complaints against Starbucks for allegedly making light of the deadly Gwangju Uprising.

South Korean police raid Starbucks Korea headquarters in latest twist over disastrous ad campaign  CNN

The raid by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency came months after the coffee chain's "Tank Day" promotion was accused of insulting victims of South Korea's democracy movement.

South Korean authorities have dismantled a Korean-run scam operation in Almaty, Kazakhstan, arresting 19 suspected members in cooperation with local authorities, the Korean National Police Agency said Wednesday. It marked the country’s first crackdown on a Korean scam syndicate operating in Central Asia. Kazakh authori