'Starbucks' chant by student players highlights regional hatred among younger S. Koreans

A chant of “I’ll go to Starbucks” during a livestreamed high school baseball game has triggered renewed criticism over far-right memes mocking the victims of South Korea’s 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising.

The chant echoed controversy surrounding Starbucks Korea’s “Tank Day” promotion earlier this year, which prompted a public apology after drawing nationwide backlash.

Paichai High School has since apologized, and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education opened an investigation.

Yet critici ...