It can be said that at the present time, it is difficult for any K-pop artist to make a strong impact like BTS. What's special is that, even when they enlist, their ability to promote and promote ḳöŕệän culture or the products they represent has not only not decreased, but increased dramatically.
After Jin, j-hope continues to be a clear proof of this. Recently, it is discovered that j-hope's m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ meals have become a worldwide topic of interest and piqued the curiosity of foreigners about ḳöŕệän food. Thereby, the ḳöŕệän media äṩṩessed that the enlistment of j-hope and possibly all BTS members will help promote ḳöŕệän culture more.
Here's how j-hope's m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ meals are so popular:
On the 18th of last month, j-hope quietly joined the 36th Division Recruit Training Center in Gangwon-do after saying goodbye to BTS and family. Currently, he is doing 5 weeks of basic training at the rookie center and will be transferred to his official unit at the end of this month after the training is over.
Since j-hope's enlistment, fans are known to have actively used the app 'The Camp' - a public m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ communication service. This application is a ḳöŕệän application that aims to update the situation of recruits of each barrack for their families during 5 weeks of basic training.
On "The Camp" every day, the captain will post information about the daily schedule, meals as well as sometimes some pictures of the rookies in the training process for their families and friends. After Jin, j-hope is the number 1 character that ARMYs look forward to appearing on The Camp's message board.
In addition to waiting for pictures of j-hope being taken in the army, to address fans' curiosity about m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ life as well as to see what j-hope eats every day, a Twitter account was created by an ARMY to post his army's 3-meal-a-day ďïệt. Through 'The Camp', this account captures information about the training camp's ďïệt, then synthesizes food photos to illustrate. Even the ḳöŕệän food menu is translated into English for easy understanding by foreign ARMYs.
The account moderator explains: "Only the menu information is accurate. The food tray is edited from multiple dish photos"
For example, on the first day of his enlistment, the menu announced on The Camp included rice, soft tofu stew, Stir-fried beef&zucchini, Deep-fried n Braised Half-dried Pollack, Seasoned Laver Chips and kimchi. This account illustrated it in great detail and fun, thus garnering about 600,000 views and almost 3000 tweets.
Fans feel happy when j-hope is served delicious meals:
- Thank you for letting me know
- I hope you eat well and get through your training well
- They are my favorite ḳöŕệän side dishes
- Happy to see Hobi adapt well in m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷. Stay healthy and back safely
- It looks so yummy, j-hope ever said that Jin's m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ food is so delicious and I think this is too
However, that is not all, the m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ meal of j-hope also makes a large number of foreigners curious about ḳöŕệän food in general and the country's m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ food in particular. Foreign ARMYs also expressed surprise at j-hope's m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ ďïệt, saying:
- The ḳöŕệän m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ menu is very plentiful
- The ingreďïệnts are delicious
- I also want to try cooking dishes like this, please give me the recipe if possible
- Thank you for the daily updates for hobi pls do until he ends his service appreciate it so much
- a variety of food, he is easy to eat
- Everything else looks delicious.
j-hope's enlistment has made fans around the world interested and learn a lot about ḳöŕệän m̷i̷l̷i̷t̷a̷r̷y̷ culture or the culture of this country. It can be seen that wherever they are, BTS can create a strong and positive influence.
In addition to j-hope, V also recently finished his promotion and Jinny's Kichen project - which promotes street food to international friends. The show has received great global attention thanks to the hard work of the crew as well as the great influence of superstar V.
Even Jungkook - who did not participate in the recording of any food programs or joined the army, also contributed to promoting some ḳöŕệän dishes in a novel style. He has shared many times with ARMYs noodle recipes that he created using basic ḳöŕệän cooking ingreďïệnts.
BTS are really important factors to promote ḳöŕệän food culture to the world!
