{"id":340797,"date":"2026-03-21T13:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/340797\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T13:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:28:12","slug":"bts-rm-reveals-cast-photo-ahead-of-arirang-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/340797\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217; RM reveals cast photo ahead of \u2018Arirang&#8217; concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d8f97a1-caa8-45fc-b006-51d49ac8c41f.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1200 \/ 800; width: 100%\" alt=\"BTS leader RM \/ Captured from RM's social media\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BTS leader RM \/ Captured from RM&#8217;s social media<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Fans of global K-pop group BTS were left worried after leader RM revealed he had been injured just days before the group\u2019s highly anticipated comeback performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">On Friday, RM posted a photo on social media showing his ankle in a cast, captioned simply with a crying emoticon, \u201c\u3160\u3160.\u201d The image quickly spread across fan communities, fueling concern as BTS prepared for their large-scale return concert at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The group is scheduled to perform \u201cBTS Comeback Live: ARIRANG,\u201d  Saturday, marking their first full-group comeback in nearly four years \u2014 a moment already drawing global attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">According to their agency BigHit Music, RM sustained the injury during rehearsal Thursday. He was diagnosed with a navicular bone sprain, partial ligament tear and talus contusion \u2014 injuries involving ligament damage and inflammation around the ankle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Medical staff advised him to minimize movement for at least two weeks, meaning he will be unable to perform some choreography during the comeback show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Despite the setback, RM sought to reassure fans during a live broadcast, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s not a very serious injury.\u201d<\/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 leader RM \/ Captured from RM&#8217;s social media Fans of global K-pop group BTS were left worried&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-340797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}