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Yikes, Starbucks Korea, yikes indeed. "History lesson" and "bungled coffee promotion" are a rather... gentle headline/summary by the Guardian.

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Nobody expects anything of, say, the New York Post, which is why you mock them but their bullshit doesn’t upset you. The New York Times is capable of speaking plainly, like this, which is why it’s upsetting when its frequent circumlocutions protect Trump.

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Had to clamber over a barbed wire fence, rip my coat and trespass to get a photo of this folkloric monster pretending half-successfully to be a tree. I have no regrets.

The closures, so employees can watch a recorded lecture, will cost the company an estimated 2.1bn won ($1.4m) in sales Starbucks Korea will simultaneously close all its stores for a mandatory history lesson, after a disastrous promotion that evoked memories of a pro-democracy massacre sparked public and political backlash. More than 2,000 stores will temporarily close at 3pm on 22 June, the company said, so staff can watch recorded lectures on modern Korean history and engage in “social sensitivity” training. The half-day closures will cost Starbucks an estimated 2.1bn won ($1.4m) in lost sales, according to data firm IGAWorks. Continue reading...

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