Big Hit Entertainment said it ‘had no intention of causing distress or pain’ when member posed in offensive outfit
The agency representing the K-pop band BTS has offered its “sincere apologies” following a row over photographs showing one member of the group wearing a Nazi-inspired hat and another a T-shirt that appeared to celebrate the atomic bombings of Japan.
In a statement carried on its Facebook page, Big Hit Entertainment said it “had no intention of causing distress or pain” to those affected by the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki days before Japan’s surrender on 15 August 1945 – a date Koreans mark as their liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
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