Some Chinese patriotic netizens criticized the BTS for the remarks of the idol group BTS' "Korea and the United States faced an ordeal together at the time of June 25." As the controversy spread, Samsung Electronics stopped selling limited-edition BTS products at Chinese internet shopping malls.
According to the Global Times, an English version of the Hwangusibo on the 12th, sales of the mobile phone ‘Galaxy 20 Plus BTS Limited Edition’ and the wireless earphone ‘Galaxy Bud BTS Limited Edition’ were stopped in China's largest internet shopping mall, Taobao and Jingdong Samsung Pavilion. This model is a product that Samsung Electronics has been selling through shopping malls since June.
The nationalist-oriented Chinese media report on the 12th that the Korean group's remarks on the 6.25 related to the Korean group are causing anger among Chinese netizens.
The nationalist-oriented Chinese media report on the 12th that the Korean group's remarks on the 6.25 related to the Korean group are causing anger among Chinese netizens.
The media claimed that the discontinuation of BTS merchandise was causing controversy in China. In his impression of receiving the'Van Fleet Award' given to those who contributed to Korea-US friendship, BTS' leader RM (real name Nam-Jun Kim) said, “This year is the 70th anniversary of the Korean War. He said, “We must remember the history and the sacrifices of many men and women forever,” he said. “The (6·25) fragmentary attitude toward war is causing anger among Chinese netizens.”
In Chinese textbooks, the Korean War is called anti-US aid (meaning to fight against the United States and help North Korea), and as a'justice war' that achieved peace and stability in the region in response to the US invasion that reached the Yalu River beyond the 38th line. Teach. On the other hand, it does not emphasize the fact that the North Korean military invasion or the history that the Chinese troops advanced to the south of the 38th parallel with the North Korean army. In China's broadcasting and film industry, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the participation in the 6/25 war, they are eager to produce dramas and films tailored to the Chinese position.
The Hwangu Hour cited anonymous Chinese Chinese and netizens, saying that BTS' remarks were "remarks tailored only to the position of the US despite the fact that the US military was an invader at the time of June 25," and said, "A number of Chinese soldiers were sacrificed in the war. Koreans (BTS) can say that, but as a Chinese, I was angry and I was trying to quit the (BTS) fan club.”
This controversy is led by some netizens and Hwangusibo. As a sister magazine of the People's Daily, an organ magazine of the Communist Party of China, the Hwankousibo has shown anti-American and nationalistic tendencies.