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The company is trying to stop South Koreans from using their orders to express support for or opposition to candidates in the upcoming presidential election.
Some customers are turning their coffee purchases into a political movement ahead of the country’s presidential election. Starbucks wants them to stop. Starbucks in South Korea has barred customers from using the names of South Korea’s six presidential candidates in their orders ahead of next month’s presidential election.
Starbucks has temporarily disabled the use of six particular names on its app Walk into any Starbucks in South Korea right now, and there are some names you definitely won't be hearing. Six to be ...
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Customers cannot use the names of all seven presidential candidates in the ‘Call My Name’ service until after the nation’s June 3 snap polls.