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Gavin Blackburn

Starbucks to close outlets across Korea for history lesson after 'Tank Day' ad fiasco

Starbucks stores across South Korea will shutter for half a day next week for staff to attend a history lesson following a disastrous promotional campaign that evoked a deadly 1980 crackdown, the coffee giant said Monday.

The chairman of Shinsegae Group, which operates Starbucks under a licensing agreement, and other senior executives will sit for a similar lesson two days later.

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