Starbucks Korea chief apologizes for massacre-themed marketing promotion (www.msn.com)

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Chung Yong-jin, the retail tycoon in charge of Starbucks Korea, apologized yesterday for a marketing campaign that made fun of a 1980 massacre of pro-democracy protestors. It was the executive's second apology in two weeks; he bowed three times during his televized statement.

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[-] Photonic@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

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