the surprise announcement by bts last week that they were taking a break to focus on members solo projects stunned their global fanbase shaking their labels stock price and leaving many questions about the kpop supergroups future hybe the company behind the band denied the group was taking a hiatus a word used in a translation of the groups emotional dinnertime video announcementread alsois bts going on a hiatus to focus on solo projects record label reactsglobal superstars bts said they are taking time to focus on solo projects but the company behind the groundbreaking kpop group said they are not taking a hiatusbts announce plans for upcoming solo projects amidst rumours of hiatus kpop group calls move start of a new chapterkpop icons bts on wednesday sent army into a panic when rumours of the group planning a hiatus went viral however it was later clarified that the group would start work on their solo projects while also remaining active as a groupbts announces hiatus at festa dinner party heres everything that transpired at the bittersweet 9th anniversary celebrationbts recently shared their 9 th anniversary celebration in the form of festa dinner party and it truly was a bittersweet moment for the band and millions of their fans worldwide in the evening of june 14 th bts shared their annual celebration video titled festa dinner party 2022bts rm says its time to move beyond astonishing people and rethink about what kind of messages the band can send outbts recent announcement about their hiatus at festa 2022 left their fans world over in a state of panic concerned about their return turns out it was all a misinterpretation of their message and the band is not going on an indefinite break the bts band members said that they have hit a roughshares of bts label tumble after kpop band announces hiatusshares in the management agency of the kpop supergroup bts plummeted wednesday in early trading in seoul after the band announced they were taking an indefinite breakin the days since band members have remained active on social media continuing the stream of posts photos and assurances that the band wasnt breaking updespite the immediate impacts hybes stock initially dropped more than 25 per cent and has yet to fully recover several factors may still affect bts future one is looming military enlistment for older bts members as well as how engaged the group and their devoted fans known as army will continue to be in social issuesin 2020 at the height of bts success the south korean government revised the countrys military law that requires ablebodied south korean men to perform approximately two years of military service the revised law allows top kpop stars including jin the oldest member of bts to defer their military service until they turn 30 if theyve received government medals for heightening the countrys cultural reputation and apply for the postponement all bts members meet the criteria as recipients of