Korean Air: Sorry for calling Kenyans ‘primitive’

Published June 18, 2012 8:27pm ET



NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A notice on Korean Air’s website announcing the start of non-stop flights from Korea to Kenya sparked a flurry of angry Tweets and Facebook postings Monday over the description of Kenyans as indigenous people full of “primitive energy.”

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