The coming New Year will be special for Army around the world because stamps containing the BTS members will be issued soon. For the unversed, the Korea Post Office of the Ministry of Science and ICT announced recently its plan to issue a total number of 23 commemorative stamps in 2023, including the ones that will feature none other than the Bangtan Boys themselves.
View this post on Instagram
Significance of the stamps
Commemorative stamps are issued in South Korea to commemorate all historically important figures or significant events, and about 20 different types get issued each year. The stamp issuance plan is reportedly deliberated and selected by an official group called the Stamp Issuance Deliberation Committee. This particular group is composed of university professors and other intellectual experts. Talking about the BTS commemorative stamps, they will be reportedly issued in the first half of next year and the theme for the same will be ‘Record of Youth’. If media reports are to be believed, the specific stamp design is going to be decided in consultation with HYBE which is closely associated with BTS.
Since its first-ever airing in 2003, the commemorative stamp of Pororo has become a representative character in South Korea. They reportedly contain the meaning of gratitude and promote the celebration of love around the world. You will find multiple beautiful Korean stamps that promote the importance of Hangeul, unique vegetable flowers, and bees that play a significant role in the ecosystem, to name a few.
Latest updates
View this post on Instagram
BTS member Jin finally bid adieu to his fans and the other six members of the K-pop group (Jimin, V, Suga, J-Hope, and RM) on Tuesday i.e., December 13, 2022. The singer who is an inevitable part of the septet reportedly entered the boot camp at Yeoncheon, a town near the tense border of North Korea. He will be there for five weeks of basic military training along with other new conscript soldiers. The eldest of all BTS members was accompanied by other fellow mates as he enlisted in the mandatory service. The photos of the septet together have now gone viral on the internet.