{"id":261510,"date":"2026-05-23T01:16:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/23\/starbucks-korea-faces-backlash-over-tank-day-marketing-controversy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:16:42","slug":"starbucks-korea-faces-backlash-over-tank-day-marketing-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/23\/starbucks-korea-faces-backlash-over-tank-day-marketing-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks Korea Faces Backlash Over &#8216;Tank Day&#8217; Marketing Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0083\/image-a4d189df-103d-497b-af95-d91fc7e3c723.png\" alt=\"[\uad6d\ubc29\ubd80\" \uc81c\uacf5] class=\"img_LSize\"> [Herald Economy=Reporter Yunho] The Defense Ministry has suspended the &#8220;Hero Program&#8221; 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