2024-07-07 01:17:49
Exciting moment for fans of BTS, One of its members has been chosen to carry the Olympic flame this summer, in the celebration of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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Is about Kim Seok-Jin, member of the successful South Korean K-pop band BTS, who was carefully chosen through a selective process where sponsors and organizers choose those who have made significant contributions to their community.
This would be the first public event in which the singer would be seen again, on July 27, since we remember that he only completed his military service in his country on June 12, a time in which he paused his career to fulfill his obligations.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be held from July 27 to August 11, where the participation of more than 15 thousand athletes, from 206 different countries, will be facing 32 different sports. In the case of South Koreawhere Jin is from, 142 athletes will be sent to Paris to compete in 21 disciplines, with taekwondo, a sport originating in this country, being one of the most anticipated.
「 08.09.19 | INFO 」#HOSEOK, #JIMIN y #JIN are on the list of celebrities in their 20s and 30s who donated 100 million or more. Hoseok is in ChildFund Korea’s ‘Green Noble Club’, Jimin is in Busan Education’s donation, and Jin is in the ‘UNICEF honors club’. pic.twitter.com/f8Mv7iN34O
— BTS ARGENTINA OFFICIAL (@BTS_Ar_OFICIAL) September 10, 2019
What contributions has Jin made to his community?
Kim Seok-Jin or Jin, Not only has he been recognized for his music in BTS or as a soloist, but he has also had a cultural impact, being recognized by the Society for Cultural Conservation, in which he is recognized for performing traditional Korean dance. butcher spreading the culture of their country outside of it, during the Melon Music Awards de 2018.
However, the cultural aspect is not all that it is recognized for, as it has been characterized by donating around 330 million South Korean wonwhich is roughly equivalent to a little more than 4 million pesosto different educational causes, such as uniforms and scholarships for different schools in his community, as well as to help polio patients, although he has always kept his altruism private, his donations were made known through the thanks of the beneficiaries; thus obtaining membership in the Green Noble Cluba group of donors to the foundation Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation who have made donations greater than 100 million KRW.
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2024-07-07 01:17:49