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BTS RM suffers ankle injury before bands’ historic ARIRANG comeback concert: Is participation at risk? Bighit clarifies

RM will limit his choreography due to a sprained accessory navicular, partial ligament tear, and talus contusion, with medical advice requiring a cast and restricted movement for two weeks.

  • On March 21, BTS will stream their comeback special worldwide, and RM will appear despite an ankle injury, BigHit Music confirmed yesterday.
  • During rehearsal on March 19, RM injured his ankle and was taken to a hospital for examination, and BIGHIT MUSIC announced on March 20 that his participation would be limited for the March 21 broadcast.
  • Medical exams confirmed RM, BTS leader and member, has an accessory navicular sprain, partial ligament tear, and talus contusion, and doctors advised a cast and two-week movement limit.
  • As a result of the injury, RM's choreography and on-stage movement will be partially limited for the broadcast, arriving on the eve of a major comeback and Netflix's live test.
  • After releasing Arirang on March 20, BTS will start a worldwide tour Apr. 9 with dates in 34 locations and more than 80 shows.
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RM in a cast ㅠㅠ... but still taking the stage. RM, the leader of the group BTS, is set to perform on the Gwanghwamun stage, overcoming the setback of an ankle injury. On the 20th, RM posted a photo on his social media of himself traveling in a vehicle. RM was wearing a cast on his left leg, and with the caption ㅠㅠ...

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RM, leader of the South Korean band BTS, will perform with a plaster of cast type on the return to the stages of the k-pop group. According to reports from international agencies, the singer suffered an injury during a trial yesterday Thursday, in a fact that forced to seek medical solutions to the problem. The injury of TM, detailed, affected one of his ankles and motivated a transfer to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with “damage in ligame…

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PINKVILLA broke the news on Friday, March 20, 2026.
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