SEOUL—Another day, another woke corporation learns that some things are sacred (at least outside of America). Starbucks Korea just canned its CEO, Sohn Jeong-hyun, after a marketing campaign so tone-deaf it made Helen Keller cringe. The culprit? A 'Tank Day' promotion launched on the anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising, featuring tumblers that looked suspiciously like, well, tanks.

Apparently, nobody in Starbucks Korea bothered to Google 'Gwangju Uprising' before signing off on this gem. For those of you who skipped history class (or just prefer your history sanitized and approved by CNN), the Gwangju Uprising was a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980. Tanks were involved. People died. It's a big deal.

Shinsegae, the Korean conglomerate that owns Starbucks Korea, quickly issued a groveling apology and threw the CEO under the bus. Because that's what corporations do. But let's be real, this wasn't just a 'mistake.' It was a spectacular display of corporate cluelessness, the kind that only happens when you're too busy virtue signaling to notice the actual world around you.

And of course, President Lee Jae Myung had to weigh in, calling the whole thing 'inhumane' and an insult to democracy. Which, fair enough. But maybe instead of pearl-clutching, he could focus on, I don't know, securing the border or something?

The best part? The tumblers had the phrase 'tak on the table!' which some claim references a police cover-up of a student's torture death. Because why stop at one historical blunder when you can have two?

So, what's the lesson here? Maybe, just maybe, corporations should spend less time pushing woke agendas and more time understanding the cultures they're operating in. Or maybe they should just stick to selling overpriced coffee and leave the history lessons to the professionals.

But hey, at least we got a good laugh out of it. And another reminder that corporations are always going to be tone-deaf morons. Never forget. Now, where's my coffee? (Definitely not from Starbucks).