His first public appearance since being released from the army on Wednesday is the three-hour marathon.
A raffle was used to select the 1,000 recipients of the embraces, while Jin has stated that he had considered hugging as many as 3,000 followers.
“I’m very excited to finally meet Jin,” Ms. Park exclaims, having found out over the weekend that she had been selected to compete in Thursday’s “hugathon.”
“I didn’t think I would win. “I was so shocked by it that I kept checking all weekend long,” says the 32-year-old, who chose not to disclose her first name.
The eldest member of the popular boy band, Jin, 31, was drafted in December 2022. He worked at a South Korean military training facility, where all physically fit males are required to serve, as an assistant drill instructor.
The first member of BTS to be released from service is Jin. The other six members of the band, J-Hope, V, RM, Jimin, Jung Kook, and Suga, are still in the military, and a reunion is not anticipated until June 2025.
However, the others took Wednesday off to celebrate Jin’s return; pictures of their brief reunion on Wednesday have fans giddy with anticipation.
Jin spoke to supporters on a livestream to begin his comeback to the music industry, “Thank you for waiting for me, I love you.”
