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 p...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/16/starbucks-korea-shut-all-stores-tank-day-promotion)