The South Korean police have summoned a Japanese woman for questioning after she was accused of kissing Jin, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, without consent during a public event last year.

       The Japanese woman, whose name was not revealed, was in a crowd of fans at the event in Seoul ？last June that celebrated Jin’s discharge from the South Korean military after his mandatory 18 months of service. Jin, whose real name is Kim Seok-jin,？ was offering hugs to his fans when the Japanese woman abruptly kissed him on his？ cheek.

       Video footage that went viral showed Jin looking uncomfortable when a couple of female fans tried to kiss him. Subsequently, someone filed a formal legal complaint on a government website, which the authorities can react to if they consider them worthy of investigation.

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