Minors left their home in Pakistan to see BTS in South Korea

Two teenage girls who were missing in Pakistan were found by the police, who reported that they had left their home in an attempt to travel to South Korea to see them BTS.

The two girls, aged 13 and 14went missing on January 7 from the Koragi area of ​​Karachi, according to CNN, and were found days later on January 11.

The district’s senior police chief issued a statement saying both girls had left home in an attempt to to travel to South Korea to meet their favorite k-pop group.

Police discovered the girls’ scheme after searching their homes and finding a diary. “From the diary we saw reports about the train schedules and that they were planning to go away with another friend of theirs … who we then interrogated,” Abbasi said in a video briefing.

“We started looking for them and found that they were in police custody in Lahore, where they had traveled by train.” The two teenagers were found 1,207 kilometers away from their home.

The police chief said that procedures to bring both the girls back to Karachi are being organized in coordination with the local police in Lahore. He also appealed to parents “to monitor their children’s screen time” and to be more aware of what their children are viewing online.

“It’s no surprise that two teenage girls took this risk because ‘stans’ are capable of doing it for their idols.” said journalist Rabia Mehmood, using the colloquial term for devoted, loyal fans. “But if we had safer organized spaces for female fans, younger women could engage openly and freely with each other with their favorite artists, instead of taking such a risk,” she added.

BTS has a huge fan following around the world and in Pakistan and their posters and albums are sold all over the South Asian country.

The seven-member South Korean boy band has been taking a break from performing together since late last year, as its oldest member Jin has been serving his mandatory military service since last month.

Last year, J-hope and RM released their debut solo album, while Jin released a single – a collaboration with Coldplay.