You'd probably never heard of Korean K-Pop sensations Blackpink before the King honoured them. But here we reveal how starvation diets, daily weigh-ins and huge pressure to have plastic surgery have left a dark spectre behind the world's biggest girl band

Behind the unspoilt facade of Korean girl band superstars Blackpink, who last week received an honorary MBE from the King, there are deepening concerns about a 'dark side' to K-Pop.

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