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Agence France-Presse

A television ad featuring members of K-pop supergroup Blackpink dressed in miniskirts has been banned from Indonesian airwaves, prompting a furious backlash from fans.
The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission ordered 11 domestic television stations to yank the commercial late on Tuesday, saying it was indecent.

The order followed a petition signed by more than 100,000 people asking the commission to cancel the ad – which in turn sparked a tit-for-tat campaign calling for the expulsion of the woman who launched the original petition.
The ad features four members of the top-selling Korean girl band singing and dancing to promote Shopee, an Indonesian online retailer.

The behind-the-scenes making of #BLACKPINKxShopee~~
Thank you BLACKPINK for being so wonderful to work with #Shopee1212BirthdaySale #ShopeeSG1212 pic.twitter.com/JVJhPlnVzg
— Shopee Singapore (@ShopeeSG) December 7, 2018

Indonesia’s broadcasting watchdog said the ad flouted moral norms in the world’s biggest Muslim majority country.
“Companies need to be careful when they’re making a commercial that they don’t associate their product with something Indonesians see as negative,” commission head Hardly Stefano said in a statement on Tuesday.
Shopee called the commission’s remarks “very valuable input”, but added that the ad had been given the green light by another government agency before its airing.
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The decision to ban the ad was widely panned by Blackpink fans in Indonesia.
“This is too much – you can see women dressed that way in any mall in Indonesia,” said Disna Harvens. “It’s not vulgar at all.”
Blackpink has quickly become a household name at home and among K-pop fans overseas with their signature hip hop-infused music, impeccably choreographed dance routines and edgy fashion styles.
They also stand out in a K-pop industry largely dominated by boy bands.



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K-pop girl band Blackpink’s ‘indecent’ miniskirts prompt backlash in Indonesia as watchdog cancels TV ad

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The order followed a petition signed by more than 100,000 people asking the commission to cancel the ad