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Why Indonesian K-pop fans are boycotting a Korean bank
Indonesian K-pop fans are calling out a major South Korean bank for its financing of coal-linked industrial projects, showing fan communities, once centered purely on entertainment, are increasingly mobilizing as political and social actors. Kpop4planet, a global climate advocacy platform created by K-pop fans, argues that Hana Bank's overseas lending to Indonesia's Harita Group, a major domestic nickel producer, contradicts its public climate pledges and exploits the influence of K-pop stars fo