Police raid Starbucks' South Korean HQ over ad campaign that evoked massacre

Bloomberg08-06 20:19

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean police raided the headquarters of Starbucks’ local operation as part of an investigation into a controversial marketing campaign that was perceived as defaming 1980s’...

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