SEOUL: Fans of K-pop megastars BTS raised and donated $1 million to the Black Lives Matter movement, matching the septet’s donation of the same amount within 24 hours, organisers said Monday. We condemn violence,” BTS tweeted last week, which has since been retweeted around 1 million times. The Big Hit announcement soon sparked a #MatchAMillion hashtag trending worldwide on Twitter, with a set of BTS fans — One in an Army — setting up an online donation project for the cause. On Monday morning, One in an Army announced they had raised just over $1 million from nearly 35,000 donors. My mom had to deal with racism all her life,” wrote one black BTS fan.

Source: Manila Times June 09, 2020 02:26 UTC