Go Unlimited with Magzter GOLD
Get unlimited access to 10,000+ magazines, newspapers and Premium stories for just
Try GOLD - Free
BTS comeback tour hijacked by dating rumours
Mint Bangalore
|January 15, 2026
Homegrown K-pop fans expect their idols to stay single—at least publicly
BTS's Jungkook
K pop's biggest-ever comeback tour, the return of the super boyband BTS, has been hijacked by a dating scandal. How the $9 billion industry handles the excesses of super fan culture will have an impact on the way the genre extends its footprint globally.
The controversy that has fired up a small but vocal fandom centers on whether two of the industry's biggest stars, Jungkook of BTS and Winter of aespa, are in a relationship. To some fervent devotees, dating is a crime. Idols are meant to stay single, at least publicly, to preserve the image of accessibility and provide blank slates for followers to project their fantasies.
This story is from the January 15, 2026 edition of Mint Bangalore.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Mint Bangalore
Mint Bangalore
UN annual report says planet trapped record heat in 2025
The year 2025 recorded temperatures about 1.43 C above the 1850-1900 average
1 mins
March 24, 2026
Mint Bangalore
India’s LPG adoption success story is being choked dry
Growing up in Kerala, it was a weekly ritual to spark the firewood and get ready for an oil bath.
3 mins
March 24, 2026
Mint Bangalore
IT sector re-rating hopes fade
The demand environment for information technology (IT) services is stable rather than sharply improving, as per Accenture.
2 mins
March 24, 2026
Mint Bangalore
Wipro bolsters its S. Korea presence
Wipro on Monday announced expansion of its business operations in South Korea, with a larger office footprint in Seoul and the launch of an Innovation Lab.
1 min
March 24, 2026
Mint Bangalore
Mixed-use projects may power next phase of luxury city hotels
Developers are combining offices, retail and hospitality, turning hotels into mini city blocks
2 mins
March 24, 2026
Mint Bangalore
IDBI stock on weak footing after govt cancels stake-sale plan
IDBI
1 mins
March 24, 2026
Mint Bangalore
Cash transfers in polls cause fiscal strain, disrupt labour market
By 4 May, voters in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and the union territory of Puducherry will have chosen new legislative assemblies.
4 mins
March 24, 2026
Mint Bangalore
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait seek to advance energy deals despite war in West Asia
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are attempting to press on with planned multibillion-dollar energy deals despite a widening conflict that’s seen Iran target oil and gas infrastructure across the Middle East over the past three weeks.
1 mins
March 24, 2026
Mint Bangalore
LPG scarcity: We need a full-spectrum response
With second-order impacts of an LPG shortage in evidence, India must employ additional ways to plug supply gaps and double down on fostering a mass transition to electric cooking
2 mins
March 24, 2026
Mint Bangalore
RBI cuts forex intervention as West Asia war starts hurting
After having aggressively defended the rupee earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is now easing back from intervention as the escalating West Asia conflict roils global markets and constrains its policy options, four economists said.
2 mins
March 24, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size