BTS fans celebrate Jimin’s birthday with 97,000 adverts in The Dubai Mall, 8,700 newly planted mangrove trees and a really cheesy tribute song
BTS’ Jimin celebrates his 25th birthday on October 13 – and K-pop fans are marking the date with adverts splashed across every screen in the world’s biggest mall and planting trees in an Indonesian village
On October 13, Jimin, a beloved member of K-pop’s most famous boy band, BTS, turns 25 on the international calendar – making him 26 in Korean age – and naturally his fans around the world have found some creative ways to mark the occasion.
Just be the way you like. You’re a shining light. We’ll be your lights and by your side. Love gives us power, and you become our angel
BTS’ Indonesian Army raise funds to plant and maintain mangroves
To celebrate Jimin’s birthday, BTS’ Indonesian Army (which stands for “Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth”, in case you were wondering) is preparing an eco-friendly gift. They recently organised a fundraiser to plant and maintain thousands of mangrove trees to help protect a village endangered by flooding near Demak in Central Java, Indonesia.
Called “1,000 Trees for BTS Jimin (Jimin’s Birthday Project)”, it was held between September 25 and October 4. After more than 1,800 people donated, they were able to plant 8,735 trees to help a coastal village which has had to deal with rising sea levels. According to organisers, more than 250 families in the village have already relocated after the removal of mangrove forests caused greater land erosion.
This eco-friendly birthday celebration attracted praise from members of Army and other fans.
Chinese fan base Park Jimin Bar put birthday ads on world’s biggest mall in Dubai
