South Korean ministry to shun Starbucks vouchers in 'Tank Day' campaign backlash

SEOUL - South Korea's Interior Minister said his ministry would stop offering products from companies that "make light" of the country's democratic history, after a public outcry over a Starbucks Korea marketing campaign that evoked a brutal 1980 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

South Korean ministry to shun Starbucks vouchers in 'Tank Day' campaign backlash

SEOUL - South Korea's Interior Minister said his ministry would stop offering products from companies that "make light" of the country's democratic history, after a public outcry over a Starbucks Korea marketing campaign that evoked a brutal 1980 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.