Academic conference on K-pop's BTS to be held in Malaysia in August


The themes for this year's conference are 'BTS In South-East Asia' and 'BTS And The Future'. Photo: AP

Calling all Malaysian BTS fans!

After the success of the Third BTS Global Interdisciplinary Conference in Seoul last July, the fourth conference is set to be held at Universiti Malaya (UM) in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 16 and 17.

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