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Francesco Kim

  • Boy-band BTS gets rich in Korea, but runs into trouble with China

    As of today, the band's shares are listed on the stock exchange earning record values: up to 305 dollars. The band's first live streamed concert, after a four-month lockdown, had 990,000 visitors, earning 50 billion won (about 43.7 million US dollars). The themes of their songs: dignity of life and hope. Chinese internet users accuse them of overlooking the Korean war.

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