South Korea’s Starbucks furor revives an illiberal habit

South Korea’s latest Starbucks controversy is not only about a badly judged marketing campaign. It is about a recurring political habit: When public outrage gathers force, powerful actors treat collective denunciation as a substitute for due process and proportionate judgment. The result is a modern form of meongseokmari-style justice. Meongseokmari literally means “rolling someone in […] The post South Korea’s Starbucks furor revives an illiberal habit appeared first on Asia Times.