Kim Nam-joon

Rapper, songwriter; leader of BTS (RM) South Korea

Center-left

Speak yourself — self-love, youth voice, and rare K-pop solidarity on gender identity and racial justice, delivered from UN podiums more often than from party politics.

Community poll — liberal or conservative?

Liberal 1682 (64%)(36%) 933 Conservative

Details — statements, goals & consistency record →

Most recent, with sources

2023-12-10

I was really happy to live as a BTS member over the past 10 years. As the end is another beginning, I believe that something good will wait for us when this is all over. … Goodbye for now.

2021-09-20Speech

While we were preparing to come here today, we learned that there are many young people who are taking an interest in environmental issues and that there are many students who have taken this on as their field of study. The future is unexplored territory, and we will be the ones who spend the most time in it.

Source: Soompi (quoting UN SDG Moment remarks) ↗

2021-09-20Speech

I've heard that people in their teens and 20s today are being referred to as COVID's lost generation… But I think it's a stretch to say they're lost just because the paths they tread can't be seen by grownup eyes. We think that instead of the 'lost generation,' a more appropriate name would be the 'welcome generation.'

Source: Yonhap News Agency ↗

The rest of the record — every position, the goals behind them, and where a newer stance sits awkwardly with an older one — is on the details page.