Recently, Weverse Magazine published an interview where Jin comments on some events while he was still doing his military service; check it out!
After being discharged from military service, Jinfrom BTS, has been very active with ARMY and with the proposals he has been receiving. From meeting up with fans at BTS FESTA 2024 to being confirmed as one of the members of the Olympic Torch relay, Jin continues to surprise with his commitment and career advancement.
This Wednesday, the 10th, joining all the news surrounding the idol, Weverse Magazine (via Koreaboo) published an interview where Jin opens up about some events that happened while he was still doing his military service. When asked about his care for the other soldiers due to his kind and considerate personality, he explained that he preferred not to judge them for their mistakes, which made the relationship between them much easier:
All the soldiers were nice to me. So during my time there, I would laugh and say, ‘Sure. It’s okay to be wrong. How can you guys be blamed? Just because I enlisted six months early doesn’t mean I can act like I’m better. Even though I’ve been in the entertainment industry for ten years, I still don’t know a lot of things and I make mistakes. That’s just how it goes. I only got mad once.’
The moment when Jin got angry has to do with exactly the same topic. In his speech, he reveals that, once, a soldier had not understood a certain subject, causing the others to mock him and take over the task. But, Jin needed to reverse the situation, since the objective was for everyone to learn from their mistakes:
One soldier got something wrong, but they kept joking and said, ‘I’ll take care of it.’ So I told them, ‘It’s okay to make mistakes. I know because I make mistakes too. But if someone older than you tells you something, you should act like you’re listening. Do you think it’s okay to keep taking it as a joke? I understand that too, since we all have different personalities, but shouldn’t you learn if you don’t know something? I’ll tell you how to do it, so try not to joke.’”
Jin still confesses that their unit was very close-knit during the time they remained together, which even resulted in a habit of sharing letters with each other:
My fellow soldiers were also very kind. During the second half of my military service, there wasn’t a single person who felt bad about writing letters to each other. Normally, the preference poll for executives and soldiers was around 38-40%, but the poll percentage went up to 98-99%. A lot of people were jealous of our unit because we were all close to each other.”
Source: Recreio
