BTS member J-Hope’s fan slammed by former South Korean soldiers for military meal photos. Details here

J-Hope, a member of the popular boy band BTS from South Korea, had recently joined the mandatory military service in his country. The singer’s fans have been sharing pictures of his life in the military on social media. However, his recent pictures have not been taken too kindly by ex-armymen from South Korea.

Here’s what happened after BTS member J-Hope’s fans shared some pictures of a military meal.

South Korea has made military service mandatory for its citizens, and two BTS band members recently joined the army to complete their duration of service. Fans have been sharing their photos in army uniforms.

How do fans get J-Hope’s photos and food data from the military?

Fans of BTS are forever curious about their life, and especially life in the army. In fact, the fans themselves are called BTS Army, much before the members’ military service began. A fan recently created a Twitter account with the handle ‘HobisFoodtray’ to share the pictures of J-Hope’s meals during his military service!

The HobisFoodtray handle gets all the information about the military food menu by referring to the standard diet provided by the 36th Division barracks, which is reportedly available on the public website of South Korea's Ministry of National Defense. Although it is not clear where J-Hope’s pictures came from.

The fan recently posted pictures of J-Hope's meal in the military, describing that it consisted of wheat rice, stir-fried fish cake with red pepper, white kimchi, stir-fried pork small intestine and sundae, sausage jjigae, and Instant Black Bean Ramen.

What did the ex-soldiers say about J-Hope’s food tray pictures?

The pictures of J-Hope’s food tray on social media were taken in ‘bad taste’ – pun intended – by ex-armymen of South Korea. The soldiers responded to the pictures of the meal, saying it was frustrating to see "Photoshopped images of high-quality food" on Twitter when, in reality, "the military serves low-quality meals".

One soldier reportedly said that he would like to "serve the person promoting these photos the military food I used to eat". The ex-soldiers think that BTS and J-Hope fans "clearly haven't experienced real military food", for if they had, they wouldn't have been able to create such "misleading images".

If what the former soldiers say is indeed the state of food in the South Korean military, it is bound to leave BTS fans more worried. Some fans even suggested improvements in the meal.

J-Hope or the BTS spokespeople have not responded to the pictures or the observation by the ex-soldiers.

FAQs:

Q1:Is J-Hope COVID positive again?
J-Hope tested positive for COVID-19 again, in April 2023. He had earlier tested positive for COVID in March 2022.

Q2:What is the full form of BTS?
BTS stands for Bangtan Sonyeondan, which is Korean for Bulletproof Boy Scouts, or Bangtan Boys.