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 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, a member of the K-pop superband BTS, will join a front-line Army boot camp north of Seoul next month to start his mandatory military service, defense sources said Thursday. The 29-year-old is set to enter the boot camp of a front-line Army division in Yeoncheon, 60 kilometers north [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — “The Astronaut,” the solo debut single by K-pop group BTS’ Jin, has sold over 1 million copies, the band’s agency said Friday. Big Hit Music said, citing data from Circle Chart, the album has sold 1,024,382 copies since it was released Oct. 28. Jin’s deeply sentimental voice accompanied by [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, a member of the K-pop megastar BTS, will put out his individual book of photography next month before joining the military, the group’s management agency said Thursday. The photo book, titled “Sea of JIN Island,” will come out Dec. 2 as part of the group’s “Special 8 Photo-Folio” [...]