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From BTS to Keyakizaka46, Asian pop stars slammed for Nazi-style dress

The uproar over a Thai singer wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a swastika isn’t the first time an Asian pop star has landed in hot water for flirting with Nazi iconography. Pichayapa “Namsai” Natha, a member of the all-girl band BNK48, apologised tearfully during a concert on Saturday after photos emerged of her wearing the red-and-black top during a rehearsal the previous day. ‘Butt-naked’ costumes and too much skin: when K-pop got too sexy “I want this to...

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