{"id":350865,"date":"2025-12-17T10:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/350865\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:17:08","slug":"bts-member-rm-finally-gets-a-drivers-license-at-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/350865\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS member RM finally gets a driver&#8217;s license at 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7eaa4fd1-6669-48ca-b2b9-b320ee43d5e1.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 550 \/ 550; width: 100%; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"BTS member RM \/ Captured from RM's social media\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BTS member RM \/ Captured from RM&#8217;s social media<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">BTS leader RM has revealed a surprisingly personal milestone: getting a driver\u2019s license at age 31 \u2014 not to buy a car, but to confront what he openly called a long-held trauma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">On Tuesday, RM shared a series of photos on social media alongside the caption \u201cJogogakha,\u201d a Buddhist phrase meaning \u201clook at your own feet,\u201d often interpreted as a reminder to seek truth and realization within oneself rather than externally. The phrase immediately sparked discussion among fans, given its introspective tone and the images that followed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">One photo shows RM seated inside a car, head slightly bowed as he takes a quiet selfie. Another image showed that he has officially obtained a standard Class 2 driver\u2019s license in Korea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The timing of the post was no coincidence. Earlier that day, BTS appeared together for a full-group live broadcast on the fan platform Weverse, marking a rare moment of casual interaction among the members. During the livestream, RM surprised fans by casually announcing, \u201cEveryone, I, Kim Nam-joon, got my driver\u2019s license.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">J-Hope quickly teased him, saying there had been rumors that RM failed the test once. RM laughed and confirmed it. \u201cI crossed the center line while making a U-turn. The paint was faded,&#8221; he said. He added that he had to take the road test twice. \u201cI can drive, but I can\u2019t park. I need more practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">What resonated most with fans, however, was RM\u2019s explanation for why he pursued the license in the first place. \u201cI don\u2019t plan on buying my own car,\u201d he said. \u201cI just wanted to try it. I wanted to overcome my trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Meanwhile, BTS is preparing for a long-awaited full-group comeback scheduled for March, following the members\u2019 staggered completion of mandatory military service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">This article from Xportsnews is adapted by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BTS member RM \/ Captured from RM&#8217;s social media BTS leader RM has revealed a surprisingly personal milestone:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-350865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}