{"id":904118,"date":"2026-09-24T20:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/904118\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T20:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:06:10","slug":"stray-kids-are-like-bts-but-younger-mexican-president-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/904118\/","title":{"rendered":"Stray Kids Are ‘Like BTS, But Younger,’ Mexican President Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tStray Kids <\/a>will meet with Mexico\u2019s President Claudia Sheinbaum and her South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae Myung, Thursday (Sept. 24) during the official visit of the South Korean leader to the National Palace, the presidential residence in Mexico City. Sheinbaum confirmed the participation of the K-pop group in the bilateral meeting, which will primarily address topics such as trade and investment cooperation as well as the expansion of South Korean cultural content in the Latin American nation.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe group coming is called Stray Kids,\u201d she said during her Thursday morning press conference. \u201cThey\u2019re kind of like BTS, but younger. I don\u2019t know if they\u2019re boys and girls \u2014 they\u2019re young, younger than the members of BTS.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe ages of the BTS members range from 29 to 33, while Stray Kids are aged 25 to 28.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat is known as K-pop has been very successful in various areas, including music, movies and TV series, and that has brought Mexican and Korean youth closer together,\u201d Sheinbaum explained. \u201cThis is part of what we will discuss.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Mexican president also confirmed that her government will gift 10 tickets to children from low-income families for the show Stray Kids will hold at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City on Friday (Sept. 25); the tickets will be given through the National System for Integral Family Development in Mexico.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen asked whether there is a possibility that Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin and I.N. could perform a free concert in Mexico City\u2019s Z\u00f3calo, the country\u2019s main public square, she responded, \u201cWe\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tStray Kids will become the second K-pop group to meet with the president of Mexico this year, following the global giant BTS. During BTS\u2019 visit last May, the members appeared<\/a> on one of the balconies of the presidential residence and waved to approximately 50,000 fans waiting for them in the Z\u00f3calo, according to figures from the Mexico City government.<\/p>\n

\n\tMonths earlier, the Mexican president had written a letter to President Lee Jae Myung requesting more BTS concerts in the country. Sheinbaum\u2019s request came amid controversy over the presale and high demand for tickets for BTS\u2019 shows at Estadio GNP Seguros, prompting the Mexican government to demand transparency<\/a> from Ticketmaster Mexico in the ticket sales process.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to a press release, HYBE \u2014 the South Korean entertainment company behind BTS and other major groups \u2014 is consolidating its presence in Latin America starting with Mexico, where the company has established local operations, proprietary infrastructure, specialized teams, and talent development projects aimed at creating new opportunities for global entertainment from the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stray Kids will meet with Mexico\u2019s President Claudia Sheinbaum and her South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae Myung, Thursday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,3387,5273,136,9057],"class_list":["post-904118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-kpop","tag-genre-latin","tag-music","tag-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}