BTS fever takes over Paris Olympics 2024

BTS was honoured at the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony as a representative of South Korea alongside wellknown cultural symbols like kimchi and hanbok Kimchi is a popular Korean dish and hanbok is traditional Korean clothing so being included with these iconic elements was a major recognition for BTSBTS RM reacts to the newsOn July 27 BTS RM Kim Namjoon posted on his Instagram story about BTS being mentioned He captioned it with bang kim han lets get it celebrating the moment The picture he shared included information about South Korea such as its capital population language and currency along with three key cultural highlights bangtansonyeondan BTSkimchihanbokBut did you know There are other connections the global Korean boy band has with the Paris Olympics 2024 that prove their fame is out of the worldBTS Jin is a torchbearer for 2024 Paris OlympicsKpop star Kim Seokjin known as BTS Jin is in the spotlight for being a torchbearer at the 2024 Paris Olympics This event reportedly boosted Kpops overseas sales by a remarkable KRW 123 trillion 88912 million BTS Jin is making headlines for participating as a torchbearer at the 2024 Paris Olympics This event reportedly boosted Kpops overseas sales by KRW 123 trillion 88912 millionAccording to Newsian foreign Kpop sales rose by KRW 3159 billion compared to 2023 Europe has become a major market accounting for 42737 of overseas streaming sales surpassing Asias 14737 The United States also played a significant role contributing 33637 to streaming sales Despite this Asia remains strong making up 60237 KRW 1566 billion of total overseas streaming salesKorea House at the Maison de la ChimieFor those who dont know the Korean Sport amp Olympic Committee and the sports ministry have set up the largestever Korea House for the 2024 Paris Olympics Located in the Maison de la Chimie the Korea House features a variety of exhibitions interactive events and performances to showcase Korean culture food and entertainment Its no surprise that many fans visited the venue and shared pictures and videos From the viral videos it was clear that BTS were a major highlight at the Korea House Clips showed BTS 2018 MAMA speech pictures of the group and JHope at the award ceremony and a large plushie of Jins buddy WootteJudo team member Huh MimiSouth Korean National Judo team member Huh Mimi talked about her favourite idol BTS Kim Taehyung after winning the silver medal at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics On July 30 in an interview with South Korean media agency News 1 Huh Mimi shared her thoughts on the results of the womens 57 kg class Judo event held at the Champ de Mars Arena in Paris and also spoke about BTS V also known as Kim TaehyungHuh Mimi finished second to Canadian Judoka Christa Deguchi She is South Koreas first Olympic medalist in Judo for 2024 Two years ago Huh Mimi shared that she is a big fan of the popular Kpop group BTS and her favourite member is Kim Taehyung She mentioned that BTS music is her source of energy whenever she feels low listening to their songs helps her feel better She also expressed a desire to meet themGymnast Elisa Iorio is a proud ARMYGymnast Elisa Iorio who competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris is a fan of BTS She proudly showed off her Love Yourself tattoo in Korean on her back which also includes the albums logo Elisa seems to be a big BTS fan as her bio includes Love Yourself in Korean and she has a highlights section featuring pictures of all the BTS members