K-Pop Megastars BTS Ignite a Chinese Social Media Firestorm
- Member of K-pop group enrages Chinese after Korean War comment
- Korean merchandise vanishes from sites like Tmall and JD.com
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K-pop megastars BTS, no strangers to the public spotlight, are now attracting a different kind of attention in China.
Millions of Chinese took to social media after BTS member Kim Nam-joon, known to the world as RM, talked about U.S.-South Korea relations and “the history of pain that our two nations shared together and the sacrifices of countless men and women” during the Korean War.