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How BTS went on hiatus yet returned with the biggest comeback of all time
In a way, they never really left despite going off for compulsory military service.
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Fans disperse after the media show featuring BTS at Shinsegae Square in Seoul, South Korea, on March 21.
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It is apt in several ways that South Korea’s biggest boy band BTS chose to name their fifth album Arirang, after the beloved Korean folk song that has come to symbolise separation and deep longing.
The album, released on March 20, marks the group’s comeback after its seven members fulfilled their mandatory national service obligations.
