BTS faces China backlash over Korean war comments

Boyband member RM told award ceremony they would always remember sacrifices of US and South Korea in war

K-pop phenomenon BTS is facing a barrage of criticism in China after the South Korean boyband cited their country's solidarity with the US stemming from the Korean war.

The band's leader, RM, sparked outrage on social media in China when he cited the history of pain" shared between South Korea and the US, who fought alongside each other in the 1950-53 conflict.