PARIS, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin of global K-pop sensation BTS carried the torch for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics on Sunday, greeted by throngs of cheering fans. The South Korean singer led the Louvre Museum section of the relay in Paris, starting around 8 p.m. Crowds of BTS fans, known as ARMY, gathered [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin of K-pop supergroup BTS will participate as a torchbearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics, sources in the music industry said Tuesday. The vocalist will travel to France in the near future to take part in the torch relay, the sources said. The exact location and schedule for his [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, was discharged from his 18 months of mandatory military service Wednesday, with fans worldwide eagerly anticipating his return to the music scene. After hugging his fellow soldiers in turn during a brief, teary farewell ceremony inside the 5th Army Infantry Division [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ Japanese fan club ran an ad supporting member Jin, who has been serving his mandatory military service, and the South Korean military on the front page of the local defense daily on Friday. “We express our deep respect and gratitude for the dedication of soldiers of [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Army said Friday it is investigating an officer for allegedly sneaking out of base to visit the unit where K-pop supergroup BTS member Jin is stationed for his mandatory military service. In January, the 20-something nursing officer of an unidentified Army unit left her base without permission and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, a member of the K-pop superband BTS, has shared his first photos taken after joining the military as he completed five weeks of basic training at a front-line boot camp. Jin entered the army recruit training center of the 5th Infantry Division in Yeoncheon, 60 kilometers north of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ eldest member Jin, who is serving in the military, surprised his fans Monday by dropping a special message filmed before his enlistment. “I turned on the video camera because I wanted to leave a message for you,” he said in the video uploaded on the band’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar Jin on Tuesday entered a boot camp in a front-line area to begin his mandatory military service, with hundreds of reporters from domestic and foreign news media waiting outside to cover the news. The 30-year-old became the first member of the boy band BTS to join the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, the first member of the K-pop group BTS to serve in the military, has released a photo of himself with a military haircut ahead of his enlistment. Jin took to Weverse, an online community platform for K-pop fans, on Sunday night to post the photo with a caption, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — With Jin of K-pop supergroup BTS expected to begin serving in the military next week, the group’s agency once again asked fans Tuesday not to visit the site of his enlistment for their safety. “Jin will join the Army as an active-duty soldier to fulfill his military service,” Big [...]