K-pop superstar and BTS band member Jin will soon participate in the grand opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The beloved singer has been chosen to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay as one of the revered torchbearers representing South Korea. The K-pop group’s record label, Big Hit Music, announced the news on Tuesday.
A timetable for Jin’s participation in the months-long global event has not been released. The 2024 Olympic Torch Relay began in April in Olympia, Greece, and is currently passing through the event’s host country, France.
Torchbearers from all countries will travel across the country and to various historic sites leading up to the opening of this year’s games, which begin on July 26 and run through August 11.
The Olympic torch relay event includes more than 10,000 torchbearers, with celebrations being held at more than 400 locations across France and its various overseas territories, according to the Olympics website.
News of Jin’s involvement in the historic event comes just weeks after the 31-year-old singer became the first BTS member to complete his mandatory service in the South Korean army.
Jin — who is the oldest member of BTS — began his military service in December 2022, shortly after the K-pop group announced its hiatus so that each member could complete South Korea’s mandatory 18-month enlistment.
In the months that followed, BTS members Suga, V, Jimin, RM, Jung Kook, and J-Hope began their time in the military. The group is expected to reunite and make more music as a group in 2025, after everyone’s service is complete.
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