Fans from around the world, ranging from teenagers in Argentina to a housewife in Korea, gathered at Gwanghwamun Square, Saturday night, united by one sentiment: “It’s great to see BTS back together.” Tens of thousands of ARMY members screamed, chanted and waved purple light sticks throughout the 60-minute concert, “BTS COMEBACK LIVE: ARIRANG,” the group’s first live performance in three years and five months. “From the moment they said, ‘we’re back’ at the very beginning, I was already getting emotional. Seeing how well they prepared for their comeback show — it was really moving,” Bella Lai, 16, from Taiwan, told The Korea Times. Lai, who has followed the group for four years, also said: “All the ARMYs were chanting and singing together — the atmosphere was just amazing.” “The show was overwhelming. The scale, the energy, the music — everything made it unforgettable. We’re just happy to be here,” said Ann, a fan from the Philippines. For Park Jee-yoon, a 49-year-old housewife from Korea, the struggle to secure tickets and the sacrifices she made to

The wait was finally over. “BTS Comeback Live: Arirang,” the group's first full-group performance in three years, set a new record, making BTS the first K-pop group to host an exclusive live performance at the historic Gwanghwamun Square. Lasting an hour, the performance was livestreamed worldwide on Netflix as the platform’s first-ever broadcast of a single act’s concert. Throughout the day, fans were seen dressed in the fandom’s signature purple and traditional hanbok with Korean traditional a

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- K-pop megastar BTS held its first full-group concert...

K-pop supergroup BTS wrapped up its long-awaited comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square, Saturday evening, transforming one of the capital’s most historic landmarks into a rare open-air pop stage. The performance, titled “BTS COMEBACK LIVE: ARIRANG,” marked the group’s first full-member concert in three years and five months and came a day after the release of its fifth studio album, “ARIRANG.” The timing gave the show an added jolt of urgency, as fans arrived eager to become the first to witness the new material go live. The single-night show unfolded against the illuminated façade of Gwanghwamun Gate, where large-scale projection mapping and synchronized lighting effects turned the landmark into a beaming concert backdrop, seen through the picture frame-like stage structure. Staging the comeback at one of Seoul’s most symbolically charged public spaces underscored themes of the group's identity, origin and renewal that run through the new album. The choice also amplified the group’s longstanding narrative of representing Korean culture on a global stage, now brought ba

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- Fans of BTS were in a festive mood as the K-pop supe...