BLACKPINK Faces Ban In Vietnam After Margot Robbie & Ryan Gosling’s Barbie(Photo Credit –Instagram/Imdb)

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Barbie-led by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, has been in the news for obvious reasons, its content, but it made headlines after it got banned from Vietnam a few days back, and the scenic country has now banned the K-Pop girl band BLACKPINK from performing there. It has everything to do with China’s dubious Nine Dash Line and its claims over the South China Sea. Keep scrolling to get the deets.

Earlier, it was reported that the Greta Gerwig directorial got banned in Vietnam and soon after that Philippines too called in a ban on the film, claiming that it denigrates the country’s sovereignty. For the unversed, the South Korean band comprises of Jennie Kim, Lisa, Jisoo and Rose; they are a rage among the audience with their fanbase known as the ‘Blinks’.

As per Euro News via Hindustan Times, Barbie, BLACKPINK, and the Chinese drama Flight to You on Netflix have been ordered to get banned from Vietnam because of the nine-dash line showing some of the islands on the South China Sea as non-Vietnamese territory. That has been the case for the Margot Robbie starrer and the Netflix drama where a map showcases the controversial line depicting China’s hold on around 90 per cent of the sea.

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