burgerlanders cannot psychically grasp how deeply fucked up occupied korea is under US rule.
they have zero knowledge of its recent history, like the events from the 80s mentioned in the article, or even that it was pretty clearly an undeniable & brutal military dictatorship complete with massacres and repressions.
they blurt out “Tianamen Square” on cue, despite the most famous evidence of anything being a video of a tank not running over a man, but draw blanks on contemporary events in occupied korea under the US backed puppet government of collaborators, murderers, and cult members. for which there is scores of evidence.
when i checked the comments on this story, 100% of them thought this massacre was organized by Kim Jong Il.
Holy mother of fuck is this a marketing blunder!
The coffee chain, which has been in South Korea since 1999, had planned to start selling a large drink tumbler it calls a “tank” on May 18, declaring it “Tank Day.” May 18 is also the anniversary of a 1980 crackdown by South Korea’s former military dictatorship, in which hundreds of democratic activists in the city of Gwangju were killed or injured by troops, tanks and helicopters.
Making matters worse, the campaign used the slogan “Thwack it on the table,” which for many recalled a 1987 claim by police that student activist Park Jong-chol, rather than being tortured to death, had died suddenly after investigators “hit the desk with a thwack.”
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Even President Lee Jae Myung has weighed in, saying in a post on X last week that he was “outraged by this inhumane and disgraceful behavior by profiteers who deny the values of the South Korean community, fundamental human rights and democracy.”
It’s not a blunder, the chairman of the group owning South Korean Starbucks is literally just a proud fascist who loves this shit, NBC just doesn’t want to report on the anti-communist fascism and ties to the US government:
The controversy has refocused attention on Chung. In 2022, he sparked controversy by posting “I hate communism” with “eradicate communism” hashtags online.
Such anti-communist rhetoric has long been associated with South Korea’s far right, which continues to circulate the dictatorial regime’s discredited narratives that falsely portrayed Gwangju protesters as North Korean sympathisers.
In 2023, Chung sent a congratulatory message to Build Up Korea, an organisation modelled on the US Maga movement’s Turning Point USA, and Starbucks Korea has since provided free coffee at its event. Chung is known for his close ties to the Trump family.
The Mart Industry Labour Union demanded Shinsegae Group halt its “anti-historical far-right behaviour”.
This is like the subway mock ad for 9/11 made real, holy smokes.
Open the borders, worse Korra. Open the borders to ones who know what must be done.
For the next trick, japanese starbucks will start gas station day
