BTS uses W.House visit to say 'devastated' by anti-Asian hate crimes

BTS uses W.House visit to say 'devastated' by anti-Asian hate crimes
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Wednesday 1 June 2022 - 13:08

South Korean K-pop supergroup BTS used a White House visit Tuesday to call out growth in anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States.

The singer Park Ji-min, best known as Jimin, said through a translator ahead of a meeting with President Joe Biden that the group is “devastated by the recent surge of hate crimes.”

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