BTS Jin’s Variety Show Accused Of “Propaganda”

BTS Jin‘s variety show, Run Jin, aired its Episode 13 today. The concept initially appeared to be a blind date…

Is this it?? Is this the moment Jin finally slaps the delulu out of us 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 SAYS “ROMANCE” TOO, HELLO?!! pic.twitter.com/s1MJI98jJP

— moni⁷ 𖠌 (@sevenrchive) November 26, 2024

…only for Jin’s “date” to be revealed as a “playdate” with a three-year-old boy, Taeha.

Seokjin was still doing in simulation of what gaming questions he would ask when the kid showed up and he got surprised.

omg he is so adorable – it is actually so attractive to watch him like this 😭

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

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

seokjin not knowing baby taeha would be his date yet he remarkably took great care of him, picked up stones so he wont get hurt, fed him so well & played along with him.

seokjin truly raised the standards even higher after this ep💘

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

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

Throughout 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 kids.

Seokjin's expression and the soft baby talk 😭 pic.twitter.com/NRpZWYksoV

— 𝓪⁷ (@JlNSONYEONDAN) December 10, 2024

this is literally one of the best compliments to receive from a kid omg (speaking from experience) pic.twitter.com/P7HNypMeQv

— rose⁷ (@taessarect) December 10, 2024

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

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

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

sorry, i will 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 to have one of the lowest birth rates in the world. Earlier this year, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared a “national emergency on population,” and the government has attempted to brainstorm solutions to the problem.

kim seokjin i know a way or two we can salvage south korea’s falling birth rate pic.twitter.com/YZMrNWIWN5

— ayesha (@whooperjin) December 10, 2024

Birth rate increase propoganda…… how can I get jin pregnant https://t.co/fJJVkxj7Fj

— 🕸 (@jolie_orchid) December 10, 2024

They trying to raise the sk birthrate and honestly I respect the commitment 😭 https://t.co/9WqgXRongT

— luz ⁷ (@minyoonglescult) December 10, 2024

i know south korean birth rate propaganda when i see it https://t.co/TXlMU1jmr3

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

All I know is today’s episode was my man’s single-handed effort to fix Korea’s declining birthrate issue 😌 Don’t be surprised if Korea records the highest number of births next year September—thanks to Run Jin Ep.13 🙂‍↕️🤌

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

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

Variety shows, such as Hello Baby, have been accused of being propaganda to increase birth rates, too.

handing male idols a random baby to look for variety content is still the wildest thing I've seen since getting into kpop, like it's literal baby propaganda targeted at the young women of south korea https://t.co/JEJCm3B7Hb

— cactojuice 🦀 (@cactojuice) December 9, 2024

Watch the full episode below.

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