Visitors sit at a newly opened Starbucks store as North Korea's Kaephung county is seen in the background at the observatory of the Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024.

Starbucks Korea runs a “Call My Name” service, which allows customers to select a nickname on the app for baristas to shout out when their sea-salt caramel cold brew or sausage pretzel is ready.

Walk into any Starbucks in South Korea right now, and there are some names you definitely won't be hearing. Six to be exact - and they happen to be the names of the candidates running in the ...

A Starbucks Korea spokesperson told NBC News the policy was introduced “in order to prevent inappropriate and abusive use of the names.”. The decision comes as South Koreans have increasingly ...

Starbucks’ nickname service in South Korea causes political headaches. Customers had been using the “Call My Name” option — often used for jokes and K-pop fandom — to have baristas shout ...

Around 200 Starbucks stores in South Korea are testing out plant-based plastic straws after customers complained about the durability of the coffee chain’s paper straws.

Starbucks in South Korea runs a "Call My Name" service, which allows customers to select a nickname which they input via the Starbucks app for baristas to announce when orders are complete.

Starbucks in South Korea has banned customers from using the names of the country's presidential candidates -- or the disgraced ex-president -- for their orders, the coffee giant told AFP ...

Starbucks Korea, the first franchise cafe in Korea to fully adopt paper straws, has reintroduced plastic straws. The new ...

Starbucks’ nickname service in South Korea causes political headaches May 26, 2025 Updated Mon., May 26, 2025 at 8:45 p.m. People visit a Starbucks cafe after a political protest in Seoul on Dec. 6.