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Bangkok-Based BNK48 Spinoff Group Holds Debut Concert on June 2
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official Facebook page of BNK48, the Bangkok-based spinoff idol group of Japan's AKB48, announced on Monday that the group will have its debut concert on June 2 at The EmQuartier in Bangkok. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. and will have no entrance fee.
AKB48 itself debuted in Tokyo's Akihabara district in December 2005, followed by SKE48 in Nagoya's Sakae in October 2008, NMB48 in Osaka's Namba in January 2011, HKT48 in Fukuoka's Hakata in March 2012, and NGT48 in for Niigata prefecture in October 2015. The STU48 domestic sister group based in the Setouchi region debuted last October. There is also the "rival" group Nogizaka46.
Aside from Bangkok, Thailand, AKB48 also has JKT48 in Indonesia's Jakarta, SNH48 in China's Shanghai, MNL48 in the Philippines' Manila, and TPE48 in Taiwan's Taipei.
[Via Kaori Nusantara]
