Police have arrested a young woman on charges of swindling fans of the K-pop group Blackpink out of at least 700,000 baht by selling e-tickets that had already been sold.
At 7.50pm last Saturday, nearly 50,000 fans also known as Blinks began to bring out their pink hammer-shaped light sticks that suddenly brightened the dark Bangkok sky, filling the large open-air space of Suphachalasai National Stadium on Rama 1. This was followed by the echoing sounds of screaming fans as Ji-soo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa finally appeared on stage. Some fans had actually waited for them since early morning that day.
When Blackpink mega-star Lisa took to the stage in Bangkok Saturday, seeing the Thai-born K-pop sensation dance in the flesh would be a life-defining moment for many local superfans.
ANN/THE NATION THAILAND – Thailand’s ubiquitous raw mango with sweet fish sauce (mamuang nampla wan) will soon win “soft power” status now that a member of the K-pop band Blackpink has announced she loves it. In an Instagram post on Saturday night, Blackpink’s Rosé said mamuang nampla wan was her “absolute favourite thing to eat […]