Starbucks Korea to close stores early for mandatory history training after marketing row 15%
AP News - By KIM TONG-HYUNG - 6/15/2026, 9:44 AM
Negativity Bias 45% - Framing Effect 18.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 14.6%
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — 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 as it reels from backlash following a marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a brutal military crackdown on pro-democracy... more