J-Media vs K-Media’s treatment of BTS

Who cares? Everyone knows that BTS rules both countries along with the rest of the world

It is not only about media. It is about people as well. People in Korea (kind of) do take BTS for granted. People in Japan understand the fact that what BTS are doing is unprecedented.

Japan is BTS' #1 market. They are more popular in Japan than in Korea. That is why media also treats them well. Their next stop in Japan will be something to look forward to.

I do think Koreans do take BTS for granted. I feel that sometimes k-media are just waiting for BTS to fuck up so that they can sensationalised it

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I do think Koreans do take BTS for granted. I feel that sometimes k-media are just waiting for BTS to fuck up so that they can sensationalised it

it’s sad how the guys straight out admitted to this and other Korean personalities have mentioned this too

It’s like now the kmedia expects BTS to pull out 1st place from their arse and anything lesser than that is crap, like downplaying their Grammy nomination

rrrrrrapmonster did say that Koreans themselves(gp) do appreciate BTS. It’s the media that are dumbarses

If you think about how Korea and Japan are not on good terms, it’s really amazing how they appreciate BTS and talk about them like their own artistes

not surprised. some of the k-media are paid by those who must not be named. even the big achievements bts made as a nugu were not reported circa 2015.

There is a reason why Hitman sends his groups to Japanese shows. Let's look at Dynamite and how it was promoted in Japan. and how they forgave Music Station (even though BTS doesn't go), while MBC and Gaon didn't.

K-media is weird. Korean government is obviously enjoying the soft power bts and kpop bring. But k-media be acting like your classmate jealous mother who been itching you to mess up so can shoo her kids into your place. But who does korea have right now that can stand in BTS place?

What crab mentality. If we ever forget, kmedia never fail to remind us how bts climb out of that and got to where they are today. Imagine the shit they continue to throw bts way if they didn’t succeed the way they did. Oh wait~ we don’t have to imagine.

Big korean journalists have already openly admitted that kmedia continuously and actively tries to downplay bts' achievements, so it's not even a conspiracy/secret.

Honestly, i dont know if saying koreans take bts for granted is completely right? Maybe partly, but i also think that they often just don't know 70% of the huge things bts has accomplished? Which brings us pretty much back to (not every, but a lot) kmedia being petty towards bts.

Really glad the boys have Jmedia hyping their every move. Maybe if kmedia gets jalous enough of Japans treatment of bts...

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I do think Koreans do take BTS for granted. I feel that sometimes k-media are just waiting for BTS to fuck up so that they can sensationalised it

Not only with BTS I might say. T.T

Korean media is a mess.

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It is not only about media. It is about people as well. People in Korea (kind of) do take BTS for granted. People in Japan understand the fact that what BTS are doing is unprecedented.

Japan is BTS' #1 market. They are more popular in Japan than in Korea. That is why media also treats them well. Their next stop in Japan will be something to look forward to.

For real sometimes i feel Japan gives more love to BTS than Korea. Also korean media still seems highly biased towards the big 3.

Quote from nevermindmejin

I do think Koreans do take BTS for granted. I feel that sometimes k-media are just waiting for BTS to fuck up so that they can sensationalised it

Well, this is not true from my perspective. And yes they do write some scandalous more than appreciation yet it is not limited only to BTS. The general interest in Entertainment is less than before compared to Japan results in enter talk shows/news shut down in main TV channels which is hard for GP to follow up more general news than before, especially regarding Idols. Not many appreciations or music-related articles, not only for BTS, are found nowadays. Media more likely push those "click-baits" titles more than others which is sad I can tell, yet that does not tell people to take BTS for granted imo. BTS still constantly are in the Breaking News section for the main news channels (not articles) for their every achievement and step.