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K-pop’s BTS comeback tour rallies South Korea’s global ‘soft power’ drive

Al Jazeera·David D. Lee·about 1 month ago
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Seoul – Shekinah Yawra had no other option but to spend the night at a South Korean jjimjilbang, a 24-hour bathhouse, after every hotel near central Seoul sold out in late March. But sleep was secondary for the 32-year-old Filipino who had made her way to Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square at 7am to secure a spot in a crowd that city officials estimated would grow to hundreds of thousands. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 North Korea keeping Iran at arm’s length, reports Seoul list 2 of 4 North Korea’s Kim meets Lukashenko, slams ‘pressure ​on Belarus from West’ list 3 of 4 Kim Jong Un reappointed as president of North Korea list 4 of 4 Kim Jong Un says North Korea will never give up on nuclear weapons end of list All this was for a glimpse at the seven-member K-pop supergroup BTS, who returned to the stage on March 21 after almost four years away from the limelight for their staggered, mandatory military service.…

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