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South Korea installed massive loudspeakers on its border with North Korea and broadcast news, political messages, and pop music for the first time in a decade on Sunday in response to Pyongyang dumping hundreds of balloons filled with feces and trash over its neighbor this month.

Conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol surprised attendees at Wednesday’s lavish White House state dinner with a karaoke rendition of “American Pie,” a rock classic that host President Joe Biden described as Yoon’s favorite from his school years.

The K-pop band BTS has reportedly not paid the $8 charge to restore its Twitter checkmark after losing it Thursday.

The members of superstar South Korean boy band BTS will begin their mandatory military services imminently, their record label confirmed on Monday, effectively postponing their careers for at least three years.

Korean pop sensations BTS adamantly rejected reports the band is breaking up on Thursday – reports fueled by the bandmates themselves confessing they felt like “machines” and “exhausted” and wanted to engage in solo work – after their initial comments lost their record label nearly $2 billion in stock value in one day.

Hybe Co., the entertainment giant that manages the globally successful Korean boy band BTS, lost as much as $1.7 billion of its stock value on Wednesday after the bandmates confessed during a livestream that they are “exhausted” with their lives, need “time to think,” and are hoping not to perform as BTS for an indefinite amount of time.

Korean superstar boy band BTS shocked the world on Tuesday in remarks confessing that they had lost their senses of individual identity, were going “through a tough time right now,” and hoped to take a break from the band to pursue solo work and “think.”

Members of the South Korean boy band Bangtan Sonyeondan (BTS), arguably the world’s most popular musical act, told the White House press corps in Washington Tuesday that they had agreed to meet with President Joe Biden to contribute to ending hate crimes around the world.

President Joe Biden will meet Tuesday at the White House with BTS, a K-Pop boy band group from South Korea.

Most of the members of Korean superstar pop group Bangtan Sonyeondan (BTS) have landed in Washington for a summit on “anti-Asian hate crimes” with President Joe Biden, the Korean news agency Yonhap confirmed on Sunday.

The meeting will take place on Tuesday as part of the White House events for Asian-American heritage month.

The transition committee aiding South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol was flung into unexpected controversy this week after a member claimed Yoon was mulling inviting BTS, South Korea’s most popular boy band, to perform at the inauguration May 10.

ABC’s Left-wing late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is under fire and being accused of racism with critics saying the Democrat Party activist compared the Korean pop band BTS to the Chinese coronavirus.

Lee Jae-myung, a left-wing candidate for South Korea’s upcoming presidential election, “voiced skepticism” on Thursday over suggestions Seoul should grant military service exemptions to members of “BTS,” a South Korean pop music boy band, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Nov. 21 (UPI) — BTS took home the biggest award of the night, Artist of the Year, at the 49th annual American Music Awards on Sunday.

The South Korean boy band BTS has canceled its “Map of the Soul” tour over Chinese coronavirus concerns, joining a growing list to make the move. The tour had already been postponed last year due to the pandemic.

Indonesian police shut down 20 McDonald’s restaurants in Jakarta on Wednesday after the release of a new K-Pop-themed meal curated by the Korean boy band BTS caused food delivery drivers to flood McDonald’s locations across the city, creating massive crowds and lines.

China’s top streaming platforms censored roughly six minutes of content from HBO Max’s Friends: The Reunion during its Thursday debut. The excluded content includes pop stars Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, gay fans, a shot of actor Matt LeBlanc in his underwear, and footage from the South Korean boy band BTS, which was previously accused of having “insulted” China.

Chinese entertainment companies heavily edited the Friends sitcom reunion special airing on Thursday to remove entertainers offensive to the Communist Party, such as Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, and the South Korean boy band BTS.

The Chinese state propaganda outlet Global Times revealed Friday that Weibo, a Communist Party-controlled social media outlet, had taken action to ban some of the most prominent accounts for fans of the South Korean pop group BTS from the site.

China’s CHUANG 2021, a reality television competition designed to create the world’s next great boy band sensation, ended on Sunday, finally freeing contestant Vladislav Ivanov from weeks of involuntary participation on the show.

Chinese “netizens” have soured on Chuang 2021, a reality program to create the world’s most popular boy band that surfaced in the fallout of the Chinese government’s campaign against South Korean group BTS, the state-run Global Times reported Wednesday.

Korean pop band BTS struck out Tuesday against racial discrimination and violence towards Asian people in a general note that did not identify America or any other country as a particular culprit.

North Korean government media outlet Arirang Meari published an attack on South Korea’s pop music industry, or “K-pop,” this week, claiming South Korean record labels are enslaving artists.

The Chinese state propaganda outlet Global Times attacked Korean pop (K-pop) superstars BTS on Wednesday in response to a report that Big Hit Entertainment, the band’s record label, used a map in a corporate report that did not show parts of India as parts of China.

China’s Global Times propaganda outlet revealed Wednesday that the Chinese conglomerate Tencent will invest in the creation of “an international boy band” to promote Communist Party-approved cultural exchanges.

Among Hollywood’s most enthusiastic Georgia cheerleaders is Homeland star and Broadway veteran Mandy Patinkin, who has put out another cringe election-themed video with his wife, Kathryn Grody, in which they urge Americans everywhere to help push Georgia Democrats over the finish line.

The National Assembly of South Korea passed a law Tuesday that allows pop stars to defer mandatory military service up to age 30 if the nation’s culture minister deems them “significant contributors to the elevation of national reputation,” according to the news agency Yonhap.

Chinese “netizens,” social media users allowed to express only opinions pre-approved by the Chinese Communist Party, launched a campaign against the Korean pop (K-pop) girl band BlackPink this week following the publication of a video of members cuddling with a panda.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry denied that the Communist Party issued any directive to block merchandise related to South Korean pop (K-pop) group BTS from entering the country on Wednesday after multiple Chinese logistics companies said they would do so.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), through its most aggressive media arm, appeared to stand down Thursday on a campaign it claims Chinese “netizens” launched against pop supergroup BTS for remarks praising the relationship between America and South Korea.

South Korea is considering allowing its male pop superstars to defer mandatory military service in light of the unprecedented international fame of boy band Bangtan Sonyeondan (BTS), the military revealed on Tuesday.

Samsung removed products referring to the world’s most famous South Korean pop (K-pop) band Bangtan Sonyeondan (BTS), Chinese communist propaganda newspaper Global Times claimed on Sunday, after communists expressed outrage that the band applauded the relationship between South Korea and America.

(UPI) — International fans of K-pop giants BTS have raised over $1 million in donations for the Black Lives Matter cause in the United States, matching the amount donated earlier by their idols toward the human rights movement, according to a fan charity project Monday.

SEOUL, South Korea — K-pop superstars BTS canceled an upcoming concert series in South Korea’s capital as the country that exports entertainment worldwide tries to contain a soaring virus outbreak.

BANGKOK (AP) — A popular Thai music act has apologized after one of its members wore a shirt showing the swastika flag of Nazi Germany during a performance.