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Good morning to readers, #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
South #Korea is quietly becoming one of Ukraine's vital military aid partners.
And Ukrainians are repaying with a fierce obsession for Korea’s culture.
Meet Oleksandra and Rita, who bonded over their shared love of #K-pop.
Meanwhile, Rita Kyruta started getting into K-pop in 2019. That's when she came across a teaser for the #BTS song “Shadow” in her #YouTube.
#BTS captivated Rita so much that she even got a tattoo of a phrase from one of their songs right above her heart: Love Yourself.
When the band has sales of albums or other merchandise, they put cards with everything.
There are limited numbers, and they can only be pre-ordered for one day, and then they aren’t available anywhere else.
Rita bought them all.
This is how Rita met Oleksandra.
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@[email protected] "Korean culture is so popular in Ukraine that K-pop fans don’t have to leave home to attend events celebrating their favorite bands. Rita and Oleksandra went to a birthday greeting for BTS idol J-Hope that was held at a Kyiv mall in 2021. A congratulatory message was displayed on a billboard for the singer."
Dystopic stuff