Koreans Here, in Us Organizing Starbucks Boycott

In Korea, people are trying to organize boycotts online against Starbucks products after it was revealed an NBC Sports commentator who belittled Koreans while broadcasting the PyeongChang Olympics belonged to the global coffee maker's board.

Momsholic Baby, an internet cafe with over 2.6 million members, most of them housewives, had its chat board abuzz with calls to stop going to Starbucks over Joshua Cooper Ramo.

One poster said, "This really upsets me and I decided to stop going to Starbucks."

"We are not aware of any visible signs of boycott," a Starbucks Korea official told The Korea Times. "I understand the person in question made apologies."

A boycott is happening in the U.S. as well.

Koreans in the U.S., mainly housewives, have huddled up again.

They're furious at the java giant's board member, who NBC fired over his Olympic opening ceremony remarks about Japan's 1910-45 occupation of the Korean Peninsula.

"Every Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural, technological and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation," Ramo said during the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Games last Friday.

And these words immediately set off Koreans not only in Korea, but also in the U.S.

"I was relaxing, enjoying every moment of that opening ceremony and, bam, I hear the most absurd and ignorant words coming out of the commentator's mouth," said Sohn Min-kyung, 38, a Los...