Police raid Starbucks Korea’s headquarters in Seoul over ‘Tank Day’ event
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- wsls.comseen 8 Aug, 17:04headline rewritten
South Korean police raid local Starbucks headquarters over controversial marketing campaignPolice raid Starbucks' South Korean HQ over ad campaign that evoked massacre
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- 5 Aug, 05:43Police raid Starbucks Korea’s headquarters in Seoul over ‘Tank Day’ event1 outlet
- 5 Aug, 08:13South Korea: Police raid Starbucks HQ over 'Tank Day' fiasco2 outlets
- 6 Aug, 05:52Police raid Starbucks' South Korean HQ over ad campaign that evoked massacre2 outlets
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Wed, 5 August 2026
2 reports- Japan Times05:43
The raid by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency came months after the coffee chain's "Tank Day" promotion was accused of insulting victims of South Korea's democracy movement.
- BBC News World07:04
People have filed complaints against Starbucks for allegedly making light of the deadly Gwangju Uprising.
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- DW Top Stories5 Aug, 08:13their copy
Thu, 6 August 2026
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South Korean police raid local Starbucks headquarters over controversial marketing campaignSouth Korean police say they’ve raided the headquarters of Starbucks’ local operation as part of an investigation into a marketing campaign perceived as defaming 1980s' pro-democracy movements.
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- japantoday.com6 Aug, 22:30their copy
- The Guardian World07:45
Coffee chain has faced backlash over marketing promotion tied to anniversary of Gwangju massacre South Korean police have raided the headquarters of Starbucks Korea as part of an investigation into a marketing campaign accused of trivialising the country’s 1980s pro-democracy movement. Investigators searched the building in southern Seoul on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday. No further details were released, although South Korean media reported that officers also searched the homes of the...
- Channel News Asia08:36