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  (Photo : YG Entertainment) On Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, YG Entertainment shared a preview for the upcoming '24/365 BLACKPINK' episode. In the preview, the girls of BLACKPINK can be seen visiting the amusement park to meet baby pandas. This sparked outrage with Chinese netizens. Read more to learn why. During the Nov. 3, 2020 preview of the show, the girls of BLACKPINK can be seen visiting Everland, an amusement park in Seoul, South Korea, to meet baby pandas. In the video clip posted, the idols can be seen taking care of the pandas while supervised by zookeepers. (Photo : YG Entertainment) While the interaction was seen as cute with Korean netizens and international viewers, Chinese netizens were not as impressed. Many accused the girl of illegally touching the baby pandas without any mask or gloves. Others claimed that it was irresponsible for the members to care and come into contact with the baby pandas while they are wearing make-up. (Photo : YG Entertainment) (Photo : YG En...

  Korean netizens have started a national petition to ban certain Chinese idols from being able to promote in South Korea actively. Read more to know which Chinese idols and why here. Korean netizens have created a petition to ban Chinese idols  EXO's Lay, f(x)'s Victoria, former PRISTIN and I.O.I member Kyulkyung, WJSN's Cheng Xiao, Xuanyi,  and  Meiqi,  and more. It appears the petition is aimed towards idols who debuted in China but have become more active in their home country, China. (Photo : f(x) Victoria | EXO Lay ) The petition was made on October 24 and was submitted to the Blue House as a national petition. Korean netizens are calling for sanctions on these Chinese idols for sympathizing with China's distorted views of the Korean War and its history. As of 9:55 PM KST of October 25, the petition received 11,711 signature and is said to be under review. (Photo : The Blue House) The petitioners have noted that China has made numerous propaganda materials...

  Recently, Korean netizens discovered that BLACKPINK's latest Netflix documentary, "BLACKPINK: Light Up The Sky" is being illegally distributed on China's version of YouTube. On October 14, Wednesday, a user uploaded the whole 79-minute video of the Netflix documentary with Chinese subs on to the Chinese version of Youtube, Bilibili. It can be found with one quick search - simply typing in the words "Netflix BLACKPINK" will bring you to the video. (Photo : Bilibili) BLACKPINK's documentary was produced by Netflix and is meant to only be accessed on Netflix's platform. Therefore, the video is uploaded onto a Chinese video website is considered illegal, and the user can face legal action. Many Korean netizens have pointed out how many Chinese netizens have expressed their disdain for Korean idols and Korean culture, yet still watch Korean content. Many have also brought up that China still has a law that bans imports from South Korea due to the tensio...