Posted by now-topic31,979 pts Wednesday, January 4, 2023
#Jin's enlistment is #8 in the Top 10 News headliners in South Korea in 2022
Jin's enlistment became shocking news for many people. This topic was covered by well-respected media outlets, such as The Washington Post, BBC, The New York Times, and many more. CNN even sent a special reporter to the place of Jin's departure on December 13.
K-pop supergroup BTS entered a new era on Tuesday as Jin, its oldest member, began his mandatory military service amid tight security at an army training center in South Korea
The Korean Government received backlash for not giving an exemption to BTS members. Jin's brave decision was praised not only on K-forums but also on Korean TV News. He received lots of support, love, and positive attention. Even now, thousands of K-netizens comment on how young, handsome, and manly Jin looks in the pictures from his camp.
K-Media, News channels and netizens praising Kim Seokjin for his brave decision of withdrawing his postponement HIMSELF. And they are criticizing the government now. 😄🫶
the silver lining is that looking through kmedia comments, even though the article demographics are 70% male, most of them are saying that the g0vt was in the wrong for dragging it out and using bts for political gain and that jin made an honourable decision, and wishing him well
In fact, I have never written about military news on my SNS till now. But news all over country was shocked by his brave decision. It's realtime breaking news in korea. I'll talk his influence is how incredible today. Look at embarrassed faces of media! WE WILL WAIT FOR YOU JIN
'Jin has released a photo with short haircut' was featured on Japanese national tv news and it's at #3 spot on overall ranking. Also the article about it is currently trending for Overall topic & Entertainment Category on Japanese Media with more than 340 comments.
The news about Jin's enlistment was trending #1 on Naver, each article regarding him was easily getting over 100k views in a few hours. Some gained over 300k and 500k views. As a result, Jin's enlistment made it into the Top 10 News headliners in South Korea in 2022 (#8).
Here is the full list:
1. Halloween disaster (in Itaewon)
2. Inauguration of Yoon Suk-yeol
3. Suspicion of Daejang-dong
4. Complex economic crisis
5. Opening of the Space Age
6. World Cup
7. Coronavirus
8. BTS's Jin enlistment
9. Power of People party wins Local Elections
10. Stalking Murder
[Hankook Ilbo] 20221227 2022 Top 10 News in Korea 8. Between the Kcontents popularity, BTS Jin enlisted. Global popularity of k content continued this year. Squid Game won Emmy for Best Actor and Director. SongKangho and ParkChangwook won at Cannes.
Top 10 News in 2022 1 Halloween disaster 2 Inauguration of YoonSukYeoln 3 Suspicion of Daejangdong 4 Complex economic crisis 5 Opening of Space age 6 WorldCup advance to 16 7 Anxious With Corona. 8 BTS Jin enlisted. 9 Power of People win Local Elections 10 Stalking Murder
Jin's enlistment became urgent news in Korea, and everyone wished him all the best in the military.
[MBC Morning Wide news] 221213 🤵♀️Fans set up 53 banners on road to cheer for Jin's enlistment. 🐹Military service is natural duty. If there is call from country, I will always respond. 🤵♀️He is scheduled to be discharged in June 2024. Have a safe trip.
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