BTS member Jimin and South Korean pop star and actor Ha Sung-woon have set a world record with the release of their duet With You.
The track has become the fastest to reach No 1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart in 100 regions, taking four hours and 42 minutes to get there.
The previous record belongs to the BTS hit Dynamite, which achieved the feat in eight hours in August 2020.
The pair's collaboration on With You, announced last month, was featured on the soundtrack for the Korean TV show Our Blues, a drama that follows the lives and loves of a group of people on Jeju Island.
The duet marks the first time Jimin has appeared on a soundtrack, and the accompanying video features clips from the TV show.
Two of the three verses of With You are sung in English. BTS have recorded English-language tracks, recently on their collaboration My Universe with Coldplay, but have insisted the majority of their lyrics will be in their native tongue.
Jimin's solo success and a new BTS album
Vocalist and dancer Jimin has released four solo songs, Lie, Serendipity, Serendipity (Full length edition) and Filter. The success of his solo tracks helped him to create a record as the only Korean artist to have four solo tracks accumulate more than 50 million Spotify streams each. Psy of Gangnam Style was the first Korean artist to have three songs exceed 50 million streams.
Pop star Ha Sung-woon, who found fame with boy bands Wanna One and Hotshot before going solo, has sung on several original soundtracks, including Think of You for Her Private Life, Immunity, which appeared on The Wind Blows, and Because of You for the drama Flower Crew.
BTS recently made headlines with the announcement they would be releasing a new album on June 10.
Following the final show of their 10-date Las Vegas residency this month, fans at the Allegiant Stadium were treated to a teaser video featuring the words: “We are bulletproof” along with the date 2022.06.10.
Scroll through the gallery below for BTS's Permission to Dance On Stage tour in Las Vegas:
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Yemen's Bahais and the charges they often face
The Baha'i faith was made known in Yemen in the 19th century, first introduced by an Iranian man named Ali Muhammad Al Shirazi, considered the Herald of the Baha'i faith in 1844.
The Baha'i faith has had a growing number of followers in recent years despite persecution in Yemen and Iran.
Today, some 2,000 Baha'is reside in Yemen, according to Insaf.
"The 24 defendants represented by the House of Justice, which has intelligence outfits from the uS and the UK working to carry out an espionage scheme in Yemen under the guise of religion.. aimed to impant and found the Bahai sect on Yemeni soil by bringing foreign Bahais from abroad and homing them in Yemen," the charge sheet said.
Baha'Ullah, the founder of the Bahai faith, was exiled by the Ottoman Empire in 1868 from Iran to what is now Israel. Now, the Bahai faith's highest governing body, known as the Universal House of Justice, is based in the Israeli city of Haifa, which the Bahais turn towards during prayer.
The Houthis cite this as collective "evidence" of Bahai "links" to Israel - which the Houthis consider their enemy.
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Dubai launched the pilot phase of its real estate tokenisation project last month.
The initiative focuses on converting real estate assets into digital tokens recorded on blockchain technology and helps in streamlining the process of buying, selling and investing, the Dubai Land Department said.
Dubai’s real estate tokenisation market is projected to reach Dh60 billion ($16.33 billion) by 2033, representing 7 per cent of the emirate’s total property transactions, according to the DLD.
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- Level 3 features The Home’s “man cave” set-up and a display of industrial and rustic furnishings. This level also has a mother’s room, a play area for children with staff to watch over the kids, furniture for nurseries and children’s rooms, and the store’s design studio.
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“One mistake people always make is adding extra wasabi. There is no need for this, because it should already be there between the rice and the fish.
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“Chopsticks are acceptable, but really, I recommend using your fingers for sushi. Do use chopsticks for sashimi, though.
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