BTS Jin variety show accused of ‘propaganda’

Jin from BTSthe variety show, Run Jinits episode 13 aired today. Initially the concept seemed to be a blind date…

Is this it?? Is this the moment Jin finally slaps our delulu by going on a blind date?? 👀 pic.twitter.com/SkqI7IVl3S

— Liv has 4 ults now ⁷ 🤍 (@Livheartt) November 26, 2024

SEOKJIN ON A BLIND DATE FOR “RUN JIN”?!!!! AND THE CAPTION ALSO SAYS “Romance”, HELLO?!! pic.twitter.com/s1MJI98jJP

— moni⁷ 𖠌 (@sevenrchive) November 26, 2024

…only for Jin’s “date” to turn out to be a “play date” with a three-year-old, Robbery.

Seokjin was still simulating what game questions he would ask when the boy showed up and was surprised.

oh my god, he’s so adorable – it’s really so attractive to look at him like that 😭

RUN JIN BLIND DATE #RunJin_EP13 pic.twitter.com/fmqWX4N4gn

— Seokjinism – HAPPY BY JIN (Fan account) (@seokjinism1) December 10, 2024

seokjin didn’t know that little taeha would be his date, yet he took such good care of him, picked up rocks so he wouldn’t get hurt, fed him so well and played with him.

seokjin really set the standards even higher after this ep💘

RUN JIN BLIND DATE#RunJin_EP13 #BTSJin pic.twitter.com/HO7aBGGyAA

— Kara is HAPPY ୨ৎ ˖ ࣪⊹ (@jinthestandard) December 10, 2024

During the episode “Don’t Watch This If You Don’t Want to Marry Jin”, the two became more comfortable eating and playing together. Jin, an uncle in real life, is naturally good with children.

Seokjin’s expression and sweet talk 😭 pic.twitter.com/NRpZWYksoV

— 𝓪𝓪𝓷 (@JlNSONYEONDAN) December 10, 2024

this is literally one of the best compliments to receive from a child, my goodness (speaking from experience) pic.twitter.com/P7HNypMeQv

— rose⁷ (@taessarect) December 10, 2024

Seeing Jin act so thoughtfully with an adorable child made ARMYs feel a lot of emotions, thinking about how wonderful he would be as a father. It was like a montage come to life!

I had only seen things like this in some AI-generated photos on Pinterest😭😭 pic.twitter.com/f82CnsITTh

— Jeana NamJin is HAPPY💕💙 (@jeana_nj) December 10, 2024

sorry, I’ll need at least 3 business days to recover from today’s Run Jin episode, my ovaries just explodedpic.twitter.com/QrIyzliYpF

— skye⁷ is HAPPY (@onlyforseokjini) December 10, 2024

Some couldn’t help but feel that the episode was low-key propaganda, as South Korea is known for having one of the lowest birth rates in the world. Earlier this year, South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol declared a “national population emergency” and the government attempted to find solutions to the problem.

Kim Seokjin I know a way or two to save South Korea’s declining birth rate pic.twitter.com/YZMrNWIWN5

— ayesha (@whooperjin) December 10, 2024

Propaganda about increasing birth rate……how can I get Jin pregnant https://t.co/fJJVkxj7Fj

— 🕸 (@jolie_orchid) December 10, 2024

They are trying to increase the birth rate and honestly I respect that effort 😭 https://t.co/9WqgXRongT

— luz ⁷ (@minyoonglescult) December 10, 2024

I know South Korea’s birth rate propaganda when I see it https://t.co/TXlMU1jmr3

— DUNY, DINO, 디노⁷⁺¹³ ྀིྀིྀིྀི🦦🥢 (@minbloomingyu) December 10, 2024

All I know is that today’s episode was my man’s one-man effort to solve the problem of Korea’s declining birth rate 😌 Don’t be surprised if Korea records the highest number of births next year, at September, thanks to Run Jin Ep.13 🙂‍↕️🤌

RUN JIN BLIND DATE#RunJin_EP13 pic.twitter.com/B3X1pTeWae

— Seokjin’s mole buddy is HAPPY •ᴗ• (@jinsneckmole) December 10, 2024

Variety shows, like Hi sweetiethey were also accused of making propaganda to increase birth rates.

giving male idols a random child to seek out variety content is still the wildest thing I’ve seen since I got into kpop, like it’s literal child propaganda aimed at young women in South Korea https://t .co/JEJCm3B7Hb

— cactojuice 🦀 (@cactojuice) December 9, 2024

Watch the full episode below.

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