Knet sent a petition to the presidential government requesting the revocation of BTS Jungkook’s Merit Cultural Medal
On May 18, a petition was sent to the Blue House with the title “Please revoke BTS Jungkook’s Cultural Merit Medal”. The content of the petition: “Jungkook of BTS and his three idol friends went to the Bar at the covid-19 outbreak at Itaewon while all Koreans were trying to get over it. crisis The global Coronavirus epidemic. “The petition also wrote that his actions” did not care about the efforts of all Koreans so far, the public and government officials have tried BTS Jungkook’s unqualified virus and the Violation of the Act are incompatible with the purpose of the medal awarded to those who have made outstanding contributions to the development of the nation. ” “We request the withdrawal of Jungkook’s medal”.
BTS was awarded the Cultural Merit Medal in 2018 for its contributions to Korean culture and the spread of Kpop around the world.