Desi K-Pop Fans Team Up To Defend India Amid Rising Conflict With Pakistan
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The Indian K-Pop community is garnering praise for their efforts in defending India, and countering misinformation prevalent on social media.
The Indian K-Pop community rallied together on social media, and defended India amid rising conflict with Pakistan. They not only combatted misinformation prevalent on social media, but also led efforts to explain the current situation to non-Asian followers. As the Indian K-pop fandoms- especially BTS and Blackpink fans- actively worked to counter fake news and defend India, many Indians noticed and appreciated their efforts on X (formerly Twitter).
Many Indian K-Pop fans shared threads explaining how Indians have suffered due to terrorism in the past few decades. They also shared detailed posts to explain non-Asian followers about what is happening between India and Pakistan. Many Indians praised their efforts. While one netizen wrote, 'Indian k-pop fans, I wasn't familiar with your game," another one commented, 'Big respect to Indian BTS K-pop fans and Blackpink Fans who've consistently upheld India's image on Twitter. While fandoms can be chaotic, you've shown maturity, unity, and global awareness. Thank you for representing us so well."
Another netizen wrote, 'indians kpop fans are literally elite. they're posting threads with every piece of info you could ever need, and dragging fake news peddlers left n right," while another post praising desi K-Pop fans read, 'True! The Exponential 7 gang is doing a Fab job! They are using their numbers and groups the best way! Good for them! Jai Hind!"
Big respect to Indian BTS K-pop fans and Blackpink Fans who've consistently upheld India's image on Twitter. While fandoms can be chaotic, you've shown maturity, unity, and global awareness. Thank you for representing us so well.Jai Hind🇮🇳— Atlas Bright (@brightatlas1) May 9, 2025
True! The Exponential 7 gang is doing a Fab job! They are using their numbers and groups the best way! Good for them! Jai Hind!— Mandy (@RealMandodari) May 9, 2025
indians kpop fans are literally elite. they're posting threads with every piece of info you could ever need, and dragging fake news peddlers left n right.— 🧚♀️ (@softiealiaa) May 9, 2025
Our saviors https://t.co/1yJoZ3seJY pic.twitter.com/lCuclycHcX — roohdaar (@thevibefeeder) May 9, 2025
don't know why cricket and football twitter is so shocked by how ruthless indian k-pop twitter, them baddies were always based, y'all just never took them seriously for obvious reasons— nou (@mandhanahive) May 9, 2025
don't know why cricket and football twitter is so shocked by how ruthless indian k-pop twitter, them baddies were always based, y'all just never took them seriously for obvious reasons— nou (@mandhanahive) May 9, 2025
Meanwhile, India's first K-pop star, Sriya Lenka, also came out in support of the Indian Armed Forces amid escalating tensions with Pakistan. The 23-year-old singer, who is part of the South Korean girl group Blackswan, took to her Instagram stories to laud the Indian Army. 'Proud of our Protecters, Jai Hind," she wrote.
Since Friday evening, Pakistan has launched drone strikes, missiles, and cross-border shelling against India, though most of the attempts were thwarted by India's alert forces and an impregnable air defence system.
On May 7, Operation Sindoor was carried out in response to the terror attacks in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives. The Indian Armed Forces launched missile strikes early Wednesday targeting nine terrorist locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. Describing the operation, the army emphasized that the strikes were carefully calibrated to avoid escalation and did not target any Pakistani military facilities.
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