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HANOI – The organizer of Blackpink’s Vietnam concerts scheduled for later this month in Hanoi apologized for publishing China’s controversial territorial map of the South China Sea on one of its websites and promised to remove it, Vietnam National Television reported VTV .
Mr. Brian Chow, CEO of iMe Entertainment Group Asia, said the company would change the card’s image, news website VnExpress reported.
The iMe website was unavailable Thursday evening.
Vietnam Ministry of Culture Superintendent Le Thanh Liem said the regulator was working to verify the incident first reported on social media and find a solution, news website VietnamPlus reported.
Vietnam is aggressively monitoring all references to China’s so-called nine-dash line map in the country, cracking down on Hollywood movie navigation apps.
Vietnam announced earlier this week that it was banning the Barbie movie from theaters over a scene showing the map.
China claims more than 80 percent of the South China Sea, substantiating its claim with a 1947 map that shows faint dashes — the nine-dash line — to a point about 1.1 miles (1.8 km) south of Hainan Island.
Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan claim parts of the same sea area and have discussed with China which claims are valid.
The popular girl band is scheduled to perform in Vietnam’s capital on July 29 and 30. BLOOMBERG
Blackpink Vietnam show organizer regrets controversial South China Sea map: report
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