The event that Jin officially enlisted in the army on December 13 has become a topic of media in recent days. Besides the fans' regrets, people are also impressed with the communication power of the BTS boys when they become the center of attention.
Major news agencies in the world such as CNN of the US, BBC or The Guardian of the UK, Reuters of France even appeared at the gate of Jin's barracks to report on this event. More specifically, ARMYs recently noticed CNN interviewing a rookie named Kim Seok Jin and were impressed by the title of the article as well as the character they interviewed.
Here is the "unique" reaction of Korean fans and netizens about this:
One day has passed since Jin enlisted in the army in the regret and farewell of many fans. Even so, the stories surrounding this news have not stopped attracting attention, especially the background of Jin's military enlistment yesterday.
Contrary to the expectations of the government and the press, ARMYs have minimized the appearance at the Division where Jin enlisted. Even international fans who come here keep order and only stand in the allowed area with reporters.
All the other ARMYs sent their words of encouragement, wishing Jin to stay healthy and complete his military service from afar. In particular, they also hung many banners on the way to Jin's barracks with messages of encouragement for him.
In front of the gate of the Recruit Training School of the 5th Army Division in Yeoncheon (Gyeonggi Province) there were only long lines of reporters from major domestic and foreign news agencies reporting on this. In particular, the US's CNN also directly reported in front of the barracks gate with the title: "BTS Jin begins mandatory military service in South Korea" which mentioned that "The Eldest Jin of K-pop group BTS has enlisted in the army training camp under strict protection" and "older brother Jin "paved the way" for BTS to perform military service."
Along with that, CNN drew attention when interviewing a rookie named Kim Seok Jin from Daejeon. This person is a rookie who enlisted on the same day and was in the same unit as Jin and had the same last name and first name as Jin.
This Jin shared his feelings with CNN, "I am very happy to start military life with Jin. I hope we can become friends." Meanwhile, netizens and ARMYs laughed at the appearance of a rookie with the same name as Jin on the television broadcast of CNN - America's largest news agency.
They had a rather humorous reaction to this information:
- LOLO ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I want to laugh die. CNN reported it ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- When I read the title, I thought they can interview the real Jin ㅋㅋㅋ
- I think Bangtan Jin would be happy to make new friends, but I'm also jealous ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- CNN couldn't interview BTS Jin so they interviewed someone with the same name ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- BTS enlisted and even CNN came ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- The situation would be like ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ"What is your name?" "Kim Seokjin" "Huh!!! Kim Seokjin too? Interview him, let's go"
- CNN are you drunk ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Seokjin-nim please take good care of Seokjin-nim ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- So cute ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I don't know how CNN found this Daejeon Kim Seokjin ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- What a coincidence ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I also saw someone with the same name Jin on CNN ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- When interviewing another rookie, he said he wanted to play Maple Story with Jin after he was discharged ㅋㅋㅋ Cute ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Kim Seokjin-nim from Daejeon please take good care of my friends ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- CNN is so funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- OMG, what if the soldiers here also jump into the fight for BTS concert tickets...ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅠㅠㅠㅠ
- If you want to start a conversation with Jin, you have to have a Maple Story character ready ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- This isn't even a local station, it's CNN ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- So cute ㅋㅋㅋ I hope you and Kim Seokjin both finish their military service well and come back healthy
- Even Jin is still handsome with shaved hair, and every member of BTS is respected
- Could it be that if CNN considered that they couldn't interview BTS' Jin and they interviewed the person with the same name? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- CNN worked hard ㅋㅋㅋ
- CNN refused to go home empty-handed but had to find a rookie with the same name Kim Seokjin to interview ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- CNN is so wonderful ㅋㅋㅋ Bangtan Kim Seokjin and Daejeon Kim Seokjin please be healthy.
- It's funny ㅋㅋㅋ Then when you two meet, you'll ask "Hey, your name is Kim Seokjin too?" ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- I didn't expect someone with the same last name to join the army at the same time as our Jin ㅋㅋㅋ