[SBS news] 240726. Fact check on the response that "Korean government spent money on BTS Jin's torch relay?".
๐ฉโ๐ซNot long ago, BTS Jin participated in torch relay for the Paris Olympics, which made headlines. However, there are many claims in Japan that the South Korean government must have worked hard on this. We examined the fact-check as to whether it is a well-founded claim.
๐ฆCheers burst when BTS Jin, who is a torchbearer, appears.
๐โโ๏ธFan: I waited from 1pm to 8pm. But I waited a year and a half for his return from the military, so it's not hard to wait another 8 hours.
๐ฆJapanese media also rushed to share the news. Comments say, "Why are BTS invited to the Paris Olympics?" "Is Korea the biggest sponsor?" and even "The Korean government must have spent money to sell them."
๐ฆThey claim that the Korean government may have intervened, so I checked how the torchbearer was selected.
๐ฆThe Olympic torchbearers were 11,000, all recommended by the Olympic Organizing Committee, official sponsors, or French local governments through which the torch passed.
๐ฆSpecifically, French soccer star Thierry Henry was recommended by the organizing committee, famous Chinese actor Tang Wei was recommended by Olympic partner Mengniu, and the final runner of the section, Snoop Dogg, was recommended by the city of Saint-Denis, France.
"So how about Jin?"
๐ฆ JIN participated at the recommendation of Samsung Electronics, the official partner of the Olympics.
Samsung explained.
๐ซSamsung: We recommended Jin, our company ambassador, because we judged that he had been engaged in activities consistent with the Olympic spirit.
๐Yoo Seung Min International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes: The Paris Organizing Committee is very careful about selecting them. It's not about korea government intervention in the torch relay.
๐ฆTherefore, there is an analysis that these speculations have a different background.
๐จโ๐Lee Chang-min, professor of convergence Japanese regional studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies: It would be a little difficult to admit that Korea's economic power or cultural level has grown to a level that will overwhelm Japan. In the end, it is a conspiracy theory that is like, 'This is what happened because the Korean government lobbied and nurtured it as a national industry.'
๐ฆOur government also drew a line that it was not involved in the torch relay of Jin.
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Seokjin torchbearing news and his relay details, spotted on screens in Yamanote train line in Tokyo ๐ฏ๐ต
In Japan it's customary that only serious news is aired on the public transport screens