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Starbucks Korea chose "Tank Day" for the anniversary of a massacre

Starbucks Korea apparently looked at the anniversary of soldiers using tanks to crush a democracy uprising and thought: great day to sell a "tank" tumbler. The coffee chain sparked public outrage when it attempted to promote a large size of tumbler it calls a "tank" by declaring May 18 to be "Tank Day." — Read the rest The post Starbucks Korea chose "Tank Day" for the anniversary of a massacre appeared first on Boing Boing.

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