Why Kpop Is Banned In China. This is a list of the most notable such blocked websites in the country. The country is arguably one of Koreas most profitable entertainment markets.
The ban was as a result of the usage of the mobile app by participants of the 2014 pro-democracy protests that had engulfed the city of Hong Kong. With that in mind its easy to see why some. In 2016 in retaliation to the USs deployment of two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense launchers THAAD in South Korea China introduced an unofficial ban on South Korean entertainers performing in the country.
This is a list of the most notable such blocked websites in the country.
Beijing is widely regarded to have started blocking K-pop after Seoul allowed the deployment of a US missile defence system the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence THAAD on Korean soil. In 2016 in retaliation to the USs deployment of two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense launchers THAAD in South Korea China introduced an unofficial ban on South Korean entertainers performing in the country. Some K-pop stars accounts have been blocked from view on TikToks China equivalent Douyin Reuters checks showed on Friday days after South Koreas media regulator slapped fines on the short. Antimissile system known as Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense or THAAD.