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 “For people who supported democratisation in the 1980s and 1990s, now in their forties and fifties, the idea of commercialising, mocking or trivialising 5/18 is simply unacceptable.”
06/07/26 11:41 AM
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He raised the prospect of shutting down Ilbe, a far-right online community, similar to 4chan, where mocking of Gwangju victims is common.
Far-right groups have kept alive a decades-old, discredited state narrative that the Gwangju protesters were North Korean sympathisers, a claim the supreme court in February ruled was defamatory.
Those debates have acquired renewed urgency since Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed declaration of martial law in 2024, which revived public discussion of authoritarianism and state violence.
Shinsegae’s investigation found no evidence the Starbucks campaign was deliberate, and Starbucks Korea asked customers to refrain from directing their anger at frontline shop staff."
Edited (06/07/26 11:45 AM)
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