Starbucks Korea sales drop after campaign evokes 1980 crackdown. Operator Shinsegae Group says drop 'very significant' after public outcry.
Starbucks Korea has suffered a significant drop in sales after a marketing campaign that evoked a brutal 1980 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters triggered a public outcry, an official from the operator Shinsegae Group said.
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