{"id":168316,"date":"2026-06-03T14:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=168316"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:25:10","slug":"bts-jin-pauses-his-schedule-to-vote-in-the-south-korean-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-jin-pauses-his-schedule-to-vote-in-the-south-korean-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217; Jin pauses his schedule to vote in the South Korean elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">A few hours ago, <strong>BTS<\/strong>&#8216; <strong>Jin<\/strong> went viral on social networks for pausing his schedule to vote in the South Korean elections, earning praise worldwide for being a positive role model for their fans.<\/p>\n<p>On June 3rd (KST), the K-Pop idol was captured by the media outlets attending to the third <strong>polling station<\/strong> in Hannam-dong at the Jungbu Technical Education Center in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, to cast his vote during the 9th National Simultaneous Local Elections and National Assembly by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>The media outlet NewsInStar shared a video that follows Jin all the way to fulfill his <strong>civic duty<\/strong> despite a busy tour schedule while wearing a casual gray tracksuit, a black cap, and white sneakers, showing a neutral position about the elections.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ko\" dir=\"ltr\">\uc0ac\uc9c4\uc73c\ub85c \ubd24\uc744\ub54c\ub294 \ubab0\ub790\ub294\ub370 \ud604\uc7a5\uc5d0 \uc815\ub9d0 \ub9ce\uc740 \uc0ac\ub78c\ub4e4\uc774 \uc788\uc5c8\uad6c\ub098 <br \/>\uc78a\uc9c0\uc54a\uace0 \ud22c\ud45c\ud558\uace0 \uc628 \uba4b\uc9c4 \uc11d\uc9c4\uc774 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%EB%B0%A9%ED%83%84%EC%86%8C%EB%85%84%EB%8B%A8%EC%A7%84?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8\uc9c4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/JIN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JIN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%EC%A7%84?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\uc9c4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f8NNodtiB0\">pic.twitter.com\/f8NNodtiB0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ming\u2661\ud81a\udd66\u2661 (@minming45) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/minming45\/status\/2062032948992557455?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When he was leaving the station, he found himself in front of the cameras, so he covered his face with his hand and said he had no time to wash up. The BTS member finally gave a <strong>quick wave<\/strong> with both hands before walking away.<\/p>\n<p>Some comments were, <em>&#8220;Proud of you, Jin, for doing your civic duty today and voting!&#8221; &#8220;Jin is an example for young people to follow!&#8221; &#8220;I love that #Jin is a civic-minded person and hope others follow his example.&#8221; &#8220;He really is the manner idol \ud83e\udd70.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jin-receives-praise-for-fulfilling-his-civic-duty-on-election-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jin-receives-praise-for-fulfilling-his-civic-duty-on-election-day.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jin-receives-praise-for-fulfilling-his-civic-duty-on-election-day-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jin-receives-praise-for-fulfilling-his-civic-duty-on-election-day-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jin-receives-praise-for-fulfilling-his-civic-duty-on-election-day-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jin-receives-praise-for-fulfilling-his-civic-duty-on-election-day-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jin-receives-praise-for-fulfilling-his-civic-duty-on-election-day-860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few hours ago, BTS&#8216; Jin went viral on social networks for pausing his schedule to vote in the South Korean elections, earning praise worldwide for being a positive role model for their fans. 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