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Ibhalwe nguMat Welch, Isizathu, Okthoba 21, 2022
Uhulumeni waseNingizimu Korea uletha ukuthekelisa okukhulu kwamasiko ezweni.
"Ini???!!! Noooo…….” indodakazi yami eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala yaqale yaklabalasa, yabe isihayiza. U-Chimed ku-galpal yakhe eshaqeke ngendlela efanayo kodwa ezithibe kakhulu: “Ima, bangakwazi do lokho? Kanjani??"
Ngempela lena imibuzo okufanele ngiyibuze ekuphenduleni izindaba engangizithole entsheni ezamazamayo: I-BTS, i-South Korean K-pop boyband megastars ethengisiwe. amarekhodi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-100 emhlabeni wonke, ziyaqhubeka i-semi-hiatus ephoqelelwe kuze kube ngu-2025, ngenxa yenkonzo yezempi eyimpoqo yezwe labesilisa ngesikhathi befika eminyakeni engama-30.
"Besihlale siqaphela ukuthi kwenzekani ngenkonzo yezempi eyisibopho, futhi kade senza amalungiselelo okulungela lesi sikhathi," i-CEO uJiwon Park we-Hybe Corp., ongumnikazi welebula ye-BTS ethi Big Hit Records, wabhala ngombhalo ophakeme ngokufanele. -incwadi yenkampani eya kubanikazi bamasheya. "Esikhathini esifushane, imisebenzi yamalungu amaningana ihlelelwe engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2023, futhi sithole okuqukethwe kusenesikhathi, okuzokwenza i-BTS ikwazi ukuqhubeka nokuxhumana kwayo nabalandeli esikhathini esizayo."
Ukuhumusha: Bazobe bekhipha amarekhodi abodwa, benyakazisa ukuvakasha kwabo okuhlukahlukene; kuzoba nezinsuku zokuvakasha ezingavamile, futhi siyafunga ukuthi kuzoba ibhizinisi njengokujwayelekile maduze kunokuba ucabanga.
Kodwa ingabe?
Wonke umculo we-pop umculo wentsha, wonke umculo wentsha—ngisho i-boy-bandery eyenziwe!—uphambene futhi uyavukela, futhi cishe akukho nhlobo ukuvukela ekwamukeleni isicelo sikahulumeni wakho sokwenza irekhodi empilweni yakho yonke futhi uzilungiselele impi.
“[U-Elvis Presley] washona lapho eya empini,” uJohn Lennon kanye wathi mayelana neqhawe lakhe elikhulu. “Yilapho abambulala khona. Okunye kwakho kwakuwukufa okuphilayo nje.” Kwengezwe u-Paul McCartney ku-biography egunyaziwe Iminyaka eminingi kusukela manje: “Besiyithanda inkululeko ka-Elvis njengomshayeli wamaloli, njengomfana ogqoke i-jean nama-swivelin' hips….Kodwa [sasi]ngamthandi ngokugunda izinwele ezimfushane ebuthweni ebiza wonke umuntu ngokuthi 'mnumzane.'”
Nakuba kungase kube nzima ukucabanga ukuthi i-counterfactual, ama-Beatles ngokwawo ayesondelene kakhulu nokuxoshwa yinkonzo yezempi ngaphambi kokuba i-Beatlemania ithathe indiza yomhlaba wonke. Isibopho sase-UK Inkonzo yezempi yezinyanga ezingu-18 kwabesilisa abaneminyaka ephakathi kuka-17 no-21 bagcina ngo 1960, lapho u-Lennon no-Ringo Starr beneminyaka engu-20, uMcCartney wayeneminyaka engu-18, noGeorge Harrison 17. Kunzima ukukhweza Ukuhlasela KwaseBrithani nawo wonke ama-footsoldiers amasiko agqoke i-olive drab.
Inkonzo yezempi eyimpoqo ngokubonga iyekile ukuthandwa emazweni amaningi akhululekile, acebile; i 60 noma ngaphezulu Amazwe asadinga ukugqilazwa kuhulumeni ngezikhali iningi labaphathi abampofu njengeCuba, iTurkmenistan, ne-Iran. Emazweni acebile angaphandle, iningi lihlala esimweni sosongo lwangempela noma olucatshangwayo olukhona emingceleni yalo—i-Israel, i-Estonia, iTaiwan, iSingapore, neNingizimu Korea.
I-Mysid – Umsebenzi wami osuselwe ku-: BlankMap-World.svg
Abathanda izimpikiswano zokulingana-ko-immiseration ngokuqinisekile bazojabula ngokuthi i-Bangtan Boys ayikwazanga ukuhlanganisa ingcebo nodumo lwazo ukuze ikhululeke kule mfuneko yezwe lonke. Ngempela, ukukhululwa okuyingxenye “kwesosha lezokuzijabulisa” kwezwe kwaqedwa ngo-2013 (okuxakayo, unyaka i-BTS eyaqala ngawo) ngemva kokukhala ngokungenzeleli.
Kodwa lokho bekungamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-30 emisebenzini yezomnotho ehlobene ne-BTS edlule (njengoba kulinganiselwa iHyundai Research Institute). Ngokuvumelana ne I-Nikkei Asia, umbono womphakathi e-South Korea utshekisiwe uvumela ukuthi iqembu likhululeke kwezobuciko futhi selivele linepolitiki yasekhaya. Futhi akumangalisi.
I-BTS, nokubhala okukhulu kwe-K-pop, kubonise ama-Korean ukuthi angakwazi ukweqa imingcele evimbela ngokomlando yemingcele yezwe labo futhi azuze impumelelo emhlabeni wonke nokutuswa. Ukuhambisa kwabafana kuqinisa ubumbano lwesizwe lapho kubhekene nosongo oluqhubekayo, yebo. Kodwa-ke, futhi kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi leli bekuyizwe elinamandla enkumbulo ephilayo nokuthi kusenesikhathi esinqunyiwe sokusebenzisana kunoma yiziphi izifiso zesakhamuzi.
I-United States ayinazo izaba ezinjalo, ngisho nensali yohlaka lwayo lwezempi olwavalwa isikhathi eside, uhlelo lwe-Orwellianly oluqanjwe ngokuthi “Selective Service” lokubhalisa abesilisa abaneminyaka engu-18 namuhla (futhi mhlawumbe abesifazane kusasa!) kokusalungiswa okuthile okuzayo kwethiyori. Isevisi ekhethiwe kufanele ibe iphelile, akunwetshiwe; okungenani, sidinga ukuvalwa okuphelele nokuphelele kwe-Selective Service's okuphakelayo kwe-Twitter okuhle:
Ngeke ngincome inqubomgomo ye-South Korea, nakuba sekuyisikhathi eside kusukela esikhathini esidlule amasosha ethu ukushiya ukuzivikela kwabasebenzi baseKorea kumaKorea. Kepha abantu baseMelika kufanele babe ngabantu abakhululekile futhi abazihloniphayo abahlelwe emhlabeni wonke umqondo omuhle noguquguqukayo ukuthi phakathi kwamalungelo ethu angahlukaniseki ukuphila, inkululeko, kanye nokuphishekela injabulo. Lesi isiko lenkululeko elethe umhlaba u-Elvis, dammit; ulaka kubo bonke ohulumeni ababezama ukunqamula amaphiko akhe amakhulu (noma abamlandelayo).
