{
  "id": 3410755,
  "title": "Students who chanted 'Let's go to Starbucks' quit Paichai High School baseball team",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/students-who-chanted-lets-go-to-starbucks-quit-paichai-high-school-3410755",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T03:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/others/20260826/students-who-chanted-lets-go-to-starbucks-quit-paichai-high-school-baseball-team"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two students on Seoul’s Paichai High School baseball team have decided to quit playing baseball following the controversy surrounding their chanting of slogans that mocked the May 18 Democratic Uprising. The incident occurred during a game against Gwangju Jeil High School. The two players were reportedly known to have chanted phrases like \"Let's go to Starbucks\" and \"Tank Day\" against Gwangju Jeil High School. The school officials confirmed that the students had informed them of their intention to leave the baseball team. The controversy arose after the team’s chanting echoed Starbucks’ \"Tank Day\" promotion from the previous May.",
  "summary": "Two students on Seoul’s Paichai High School baseball team have decided to give up playing baseball after becoming embroiled in controversy for chanting slogans criticized for mocking the May 18 Democratic Uprising during a game against Gwangju Jeil High School. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Tuesday that the two students recently notified their school of their intention to leave…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/students-who-chanted-lets-go-to-starbucks-quit-paichai-high-school",
        "published": "2026-08-26T02:32:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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