Feb 4, 2021
From petitioning to save forests to raising cash for disaster victims, a growing army of K-pop fans worldwide has emerged as the latest force in the global fight against climate change.
Young and tech-savvy, K-pop lovers have used their social media power to take up political causes, including mobilizing funds for the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States last year and supporting Thailand’s pro-democracy protests.
But the group is now increasingly vocal on climate change, shining a youth spotlight on environmental issues that get relatively little attention in some parts of the world.
“K-pop fans are mostly millennials and from the Gen-Z generation we want to fight for our future,” said Indonesian student Nurul Sarifah, 21, who set up the Kpop4Planet movement in mid-January.
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Sui Par was only 4 years old when she and her parents fled the dictatorship in Myanmar, formerly Burma.
They arrived in Indiana, but her grandparents still live in her home country, she said.
Though she was too young to remember the journey, her parents still deal with that trauma. And this week, the now 18-year-old student at Indiana University Bloomington witnessed the pain and heartbreak it caused her parents again to see Myanmar s military had seized control Monday in a coup.
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published : 3 Feb 2021 at 14:31
2 K-pop Exo promotes their Exo Planet#5 tour in August 2019. The fans of the boyband and other South Korean bands emerge as the latest force in a fight against climate change. (SM True photo)
From petitioning to save forests to raising cash for disaster victims, a growing army of K-pop fans worldwide has emerged as the latest force in the global fight against climate change.
Young and tech-savvy, K-pop lovers have used their social media power to take up political causes, including mobilising funds for the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States last year and supporting Thailand s pro-democracy protests.
03/02/2021 09:10 GMT+7
Vietnamese citizens in Myanmar warned to pay attention to safety
The Foreign Ministry has directed the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar to keep a close watch on the situation in the host country, while keeping close contacts with local agencies, regularly updating on local information and staying ready to roll out measures to protect Vietnamese citizens if necessary.
The embassy has contacted the Vietnamese community in the country to update on their situation, and to remind them to maintain normal operations.
Vietnamese citizens in Myanmar are warned to avoid travelling far from the areas where they live as well as stay away from gatherings, and pay attention to protecting their own security and safety, especially during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays.