Starbucks Korea chose "Tank Day" for the anniversary of a massacre
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May 28, 2026
Starbucks Korea apparently looked at the anniversary of soldiers using tanks to crush a democracy uprising and thought: great day to sell a "tank" tumbler.
> The coffee chain sparked public outrage when it attempted to promote a large size of tumbler it calls a "tank" by declaring May 18 to be "Tank Day."
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