Multiple errors lead to calls for cultural, historical awareness in K-pop

Multiple disputes over cultural and historical awareness have shaken the K-pop scene over the past 12 months. K-pop act GFriend's leader Sowon apologized Monday for sharing photos of herself hugging a mannequin dressed as a Nazi soldier. In July, girl group BLACKPINK's “How You Like That” music video created a stir for using a statue of the deity Ganesha - an elephant-headed Hindu god - without understanding what it means to its Indian fans. K-pop titan BTS's record label Big Hit Entertainment also issued an apology in May for sampling a sermon by Jim Jones in BTS rapper Suga's song “What Do You Think?” The infamous cult leader was responsible for the deaths of more than 900 people in Guyana in 1978.

source https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/02/732_303553.html?fl

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