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BTS fans can experience ‘one night’ in home where stars filmed In the Soop

Bookings will cost $7 in a nod to group’s seven members

The Independent UK

BTS Rekindle Debate about Military Service in South Korea

A surprise decision by South Korean boy band BTS to take a break from live shows has rekindled debate about mandatory military service in a country setting global pop-culture trends while facing a decades old Cold War threat. Military service is hugely contentious in South Korea where all able-bodied men…

Asharq Al-Awsat

BTS rekindle debate about military service in South Korea

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For K-Pop Supergroup BTS, Questions Remain about its Future

The surprise announcement by BTS last week that they were taking a break to focus on members’ solo projects stunned their global fanbase, shaking their label's stock price and leaving many questions about the K-pop supergroup’s future. HYBE, the company behind the band, denied the group was taking a hiatus…

Asharq Al-Awsat

BTS break sparks debate on activism, military exemptions

Numerous questions remain about BTS and its seven members after last week's surprise announcement that the group was going to spend more time focusing on solo projects

The Independent UK

BTS on hiatus: how the K-pop superstars became the biggest band in the world - and the toll its taken

It’s the hiatus that isn’t actually a hiatus - so what does the future hold for the record-breaking septet?

Evening Standard

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‘There’s no time left for growth’: why BTS have paused their career at its height

They became the world’s biggest pop group, and a multibillion-dollar asset in their native South Korea. But by taking a break, BTS are refusing to lose their selfhood in a tough industry

The Guardian - UK

K-pop sensation BTS is going on a break but promises to return

The boy band announced their break during a dinner filmed for social media. The group officially debuted in 2013.

WEKU

‘I didn’t want to make public my suffering’: Janine Mikosza on reinventing the trauma memoir

Having lived in 14 houses before she was 18, Mikosza’s Homesickness is a dialogue between two versions of herself, as she interrogates her past – and tests her memory

The Guardian - AU

BTS may get pass from military service under minister's plan

A South Korean government minister has called for exempting K-pop group BTS from mandatory military service, as the nation remains divided over preferential treatment for the megastars.

Bangkok Post

South Korea split in row over military service for BTS

The K-pop superstars add billions to the economy, so should they be exempt from conscription?

The Guardian - UK

The Ultimate Ghost of Tsushima guide with everything you need to know

Our Ghost of Tsushima guide to everything in the game covers everything you need to know

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Where to find every fox den and Inari Shrine in Ghost of Tsushima

Discover fox dens and honor Inari Shrines in Ghost of Tsushima to equip more charms

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