BTS RM Responds with Surprise to President Lee’s Photo Booth Picture

By Minjeong, Cho

Oct 02, 2025

BTS RM Responds with Surprise to President Lee’s Photo Booth Picture



President Lee Jae-myung released a 'four-cut photo' that seemed to have been taken with BTS (BTS) RM, drawing a deteriorating reaction from fans. RM saw this and said, "Oh my god, is this synthesized?"I could not hide my surprise.

President Lee attended the inauguration ceremony of the Popular Culture Exchange Committee held on the 1st and toured the 'K-Culture Experience Space' with producer Park Jin-young, co-chairman of the committee. When Chairman Park introduced 'Photoism' in which RM can take a picture with a frame, and explained "RM is not here, but I can take a picture with President Lee", does President Lee think there is "?," he responded, showing a series of heart poses.

The photo released by President Lee spread quickly through SNS, and RM, who saw it, directly said on the fan platform Weverse "Oh my God. Is this synthetic?"Reacting, the online community was in a state of turmoil. Among the fans "The reality is like a drama" The comments "RM is also surprising" became a hot topic.




Meanwhile, the Presidential Committee on Popular Culture was officially launched at the launch ceremony.

The committee was co-chaired by Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young and JYP CEO Park Jin-young, and heads of major entertainment companies such as Hive, SM, YG, CJ ENM, and Contentree Central joined as members to help spread K-culture.






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