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Is South Korea stealing Chinese culture?

Some people say K-pop group IVE has appropriated Chinese traditions in a new music video.

China and South Korea are arguing on social media. This time it鈥檚 over K-pop group IVE鈥檚 new video for HEYA: some people in China claim that the group is passing off Chinese culture as Korean.

This isn鈥檛 the first time the neighbouring countries have had disputes about the origin of certain cultural things. There have been spats involving BTS, Squid Game, fashion, and - one that鈥檚 still fermenting - kimchi. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Kerry Allen and Fan Wang talk us through the what and why.

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