S. Korea petitioned to probe Blackpink Jennie's 'vaping incident'


In a now-deleted video, Jennie appears to exhale vape smoke while a bevvy of hair and make-up artists work closely on her face. - AFP

SEOUL: A now-deleted video showing K-pop megastar Jennie of Blackpink apparently smoking a vape indoors has sparked online outcry, with Seoul's foreign ministry telling AFP on Tuesday (July 9) it had received a formal complaint.

In the footage, uploaded as part of a live blog on YouTube for fans but subsequently removed even as copies of it spread across the internet, Jennie appears to exhale vape smoke while a bevvy of hair and make-up artists work closely on her face.

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