BTS-meal frenzy causes McDonald's to close outlets in Indonesia over virus fears


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Food delivery riders queue up at a McDonald’s outlet in Bogor on June 9, 2021, to buy the new BTS-meal deal for hungry fans in the K-Pop mad country, causing more than a dozen McDonald's outlets to temporarily shuttered over virus fears. Photo: AFP

More than a dozen Indonesian McDonald's outlets were temporarily shuttered Wednesday (June 9) over virus fears as the chain's new BTS meal deal sparked frenzied buying from fans in the K-pop mad country.

Jakarta and several other cities slapped closure stickers on at least 13 outlets that were deluged with online food-delivery drivers picking up a meal set named after the hugely popular Korean boy band.

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