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BBC News - World 9 hours ago • bbc.com

South Korea's Starbucks to shut for staff history lesson after backlash

South Korea's Starbucks to shut for staff history lesson after backlash29 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGeorge WrightAFP via Getty ImagesProtests were held outside shops and the chain reportedly suffered…

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ABC News - International 11 hours ago • abcnews.com

Starbucks Korea to close stores early for mandatory history training after row

Starbucks’ South Korean operation said Monday it will close all of its stores nationwide early on June 22 for mandatory history and social sensitivity training

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Financial Times - World 13 hours ago • ft.com

Starbucks Korea to close stores for staff training after ‘Tank Day’ scandal

Coffee chain’s owner says move ‘shows how seriously we are taking the marketing incident’

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Al Jazeera (EN) - All 14 hours ago • aljazeera.com

Starbucks Korea to shut stores for history lessons after ‘Tank Day’ furore

Coffee chain to hold ‘historical awareness’ training after backlash against marketing campaign that evoked 1980 military crackdown. Starbucks stores in South Korea will close early next week so employees can receive hist…

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