"After 70 years, the world we are living in is much closer than before. Boundaries in many aspects are getting more blurred," RM said. Chinese internet users and state media took RM's comments as a slap at China, whose soldiers fought alongside North Korean forces during their failed attempt to annex South Korea in the 1950-53 war.

They accused RM of ignoring the role played by China in the war. "Before, I thought some BTS songs were pretty good. Now, they seem to be covered in excrement," said a commenter on the microblog service Sina Weibo. "Insulting China is absolutely not allowed." A hashtag "BTS Insults China" had been viewed more than 4.5 million times, according to Sina Weibo.

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