Ahead of BTS’s comeback concert scheduled for the 21st at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, unprecedented restrictions will be imposed on 31 surrounding buildings to prevent overcrowding.
With up to 260,000 people expected to gather on the day, the police and the Seoul Metropolitan Government plan to completely block so-called “loophole viewing” methods, such as entering through building entrances or watching from rooftops.
The police and the Seoul Metropolitan Government have designated 31 buildings near Gwanghwamun as priority management targets and are currently discussing safety measures with security personnel at each building.
On the 13th, the police held a meeting with representatives from six buildings directly adjacent to the square and requested their cooperation in closing the front entrances and opening only the rear entrances on the day of the performance.
However, since a wedding is scheduled at the Press Center on that day, a complete closure of the front entrance is not feasible; therefore, additional screening procedures using equipment such as hand scanners will be conducted for wedding guests.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has strongly requested that the remaining 25 buildings restrict access to upper floors, including rooftops.
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1. This is such a mess
2. They are going more and more overboard as time goes on
3. A hand scannerㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
4. Hand scannersㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Insane
5. What's wrong with them? Who's BTS?
6. What are they doing? Why are they ruining other people's wedding?
7. The weddings were booked way ahead of this. Why are they being such a nuisance?
8. Who do they think they are? They are creating all kinds of mess
9. It's a free event so why even block rooftops? To prevent accidents?
10. Why aren't they just performing at a concert venue....
[theqoo] "PROFESSIONAL COMPLAINERS, PLEASE JUST GIVE BTS' COMEBACK A BREAK THIS ONCE"
The fact that BTS, the group that propelled K-pop into the global mainstream. is set to perform at Gyeongbokgung Palace and Gwanghwamun, symbols of K-heritage. This means that the 50 million ARMYs (BTS’s fanbase) worldwide will take an even greater interest in and admire K-culture, ensuring that Korea’s cultural values are no longer treated as peripheral. In other words, there was anticipation that this would create a “second K-pop Demon Hunters” effect. Indeed, overseas media outlets like Forbes have been extensively reporting on the meaning and etymology of BTS’s debut song, “Arirang,” and posts discussing the cultural and historical significance of Arirang are continuously appearing on X (formerly Twitter).
However, it is somewhat surprising that the intense anticipation for this performance has been accompanied by equally intense criticism. Critics argue that holding the event in the heavily trafficked Gwanghwamun area. which is not a national event. causes inconvenience to nearby residents, and that too much public authority is being deployed for a singer’s comeback stage. In fact, in the National Assembly, Rep. Lim Oh-kyung of the Democratic Party of Korea, who serves as the secretary of the Culture, Sports, and Tourism Committee, criticized the decision to hand over BTS’s comeback performance to a global OTT platform rather than a domestic OTT or internet TV service, while some have even taken issue with the fact that the title of the comeback song is written in English rather than Korean.
Of course, there is no event that can satisfy everyone. However, if we weigh the pros and cons and determine that the “pros” outweigh the “cons,” we should devise measures to minimize the “cons” as much as possible. It is difficult to reduce the significance of BTS’s stage to that of a mere artist’s comeback; if its influence and impact extend beyond the domestic sphere to the international stage, it is fair to view this event not merely as an event for their agency, HYBE, but as a national event. Even if one finds this logic difficult to grasp, an event expected to draw 260,000 people cannot proceed without crowd control personnel. The annual “Halloween” festival in Itaewon or the “fireworks display” in Yeouido are not classified as national events simply because hundreds of police officers are deployed. Even if organized by the private sector, crowd control personnel must be deployed whenever large numbers of citizens gather in a specific area and there is a risk of accidents.
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The criticism asking why “Arirang” was written in English rather than Hangul is little more than a one-sided attack from people who have no interest whatsoever in K-pop artists’ global strategies. While BTS initially used Korean for their titles and lyrics, they have primarily sung in English since their globally popular digital single “Dynamite.” Since then, a trend has emerged among K-pop artists like BLACKPINK and SEVENTEEN to release English versions of their domestic albums as well, in preparation for the global stage. For BTS, who target the global market, calling “Arirang” “ARIRANG” may have been a natural progression.
BTS chose “Arirang”, a song symbolizing “Korean sentiment”, as their comeback track to demonstrate their continued presence following their military hiatus, and selected Gwanghwamun as the venue for its release. Given that K-heritage has become a “trendy topic” among global fans in the wake of the K-Heritage craze, and considering that this aligns with both BTS’s identity and the musical direction they have pursued, it can be considered a shrewd choice. So that Korea’s “Arirang” can become everyone’s “Arirang,” professional complainers, let’s just hold back this one time.
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1. We don't want to though
2. Why should I let them? F*ck
3. Who are you?
4. I wonder how much HYBE paid for an article like thisㅋㅋ So pathetic. HYBE is a f*cking parasite
5. I'm seriously curious. Are they really popular in Korea? I've seen people stanning them in the past but I've honestly not seen one fan of theirs lately
6. I don't really care about this but it's funny how they are benefitting from all of this because they are supposedly popular
7. Why should I?
8. No but you're turning the whole nation into "pro complainers" when the rest of us aren't even fans
9. Still, they only hit big through sajaegi no?
10. I hate them even more now
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