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Anton Hur
@AntonHur
Translator, author. TOWARD ETERNITY (@HarperViaBooks, 2024). Rep: @thesafae @rcwlitagency. He/they
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    Anton Hur
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    Nov 11, 2025
    Virtual book club tour for the TOWARD ETERNITY paperback! If you are a book club based anywhere in the world reading TE in paperback, I will make an appearance or record a video for you answering your questions 🪐✨ Contact form link and details in thread:
    A stack of Toward Eternity paperbacks
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    Anton Hur
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    Oct 30, 2022
    Someone on Korean Twitter pointed out that Sewol happened in 2014 and most of the victims from last night were in their twenties—this means two national disasters happened to essentially the same generation of young Koreans. And the pandemic made them lose two years of their 20s.
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    Anton Hur
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    Dec 12, 2023
    I'm not ignoring the (very respectful 💜) requests to translate Namjoon's letter—I just feel incredibly ambivalent about military conscription in general because of my own experiences in serving in the Korean army and my own political very non-mainstream beliefs.
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    Anton Hur
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    May 11, 2023
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    This project was conducted under so much secrecy that it still feels very odd to be suddenly allowed to share this, and we want to leave the surprises in the book a secret for as long as possible out of respect for ARMY, but yes, Slin, @clarehannahmary and I are its translators.
    NYT headline: K-Pop Stars BIS Will Release a Book Telling Their Own Story in July The announcement by their U.S. publisher, Flatiron Books, came after days of frantic speculation by their fervent fans.
    The English translation of the book was led by Anton Hur, in collaboration with Clare Richards and Slin Jung. The U.S. edition will be 544 pages and contain exclusive photographs, according to Flatiron, and will have a first printing of one million copies. The group's powerful, very online fandom has become famous worldwide, known for supporting the group by buying multiple versions of each physical release and running intricately coordinated social media campaigns. Devotees also assist each other by translating BTS content into English and other languages and providing robust fan communities.
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    Anton Hur
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    May 11, 2023
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    I do want to add that as Korean literary translators, our work on this book was conducted with the deepest respect for ARMY and BTS as they have been so supportive of Korean literature in translation over the years. It is truly an honor and a highlight of our careers 💜💜💜🙇🏻‍♂️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️
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    Anton Hur
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    Nov 20, 2023
    When Japan occupied Korea, they initiated what’s called the Ethnic Extermination Policy (민족말살정책) where the teaching of the Korean language was outlawed and the expression of Korean culture and history was either repressed or distorted.
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    Anton Hur
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    Dec 12, 2023
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    I am too ashamed and angry at this state of division to translate the letter. We have failed and continue to fail the younger generations for not ending this war. It feels wrong for me to then translate a brave young man's letter of giving comfort to his friends. I am sorry.
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    Anton Hur
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    Aug 8, 2023
    I served in the Korean Army and was decorated as a Person of Meritorious Contribution to the State (국가유공자) for extraordinary sacrifice. BTS should've been given exemption from military service. Either that or these useless soccer players who never win shouldn't be exempt.
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    Hyunsu Yim
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    Aug 8, 2023
    A ruling People Power Party member is asking the ministry of national defense on Facebook to make a BTS concert happen to save the much criticized World Scout Jamboree
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    Anton Hur
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    Dec 12, 2023
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    And while I know that BTS never asked for exemption—they want to be treated equally—I am also of the unpopular opinion that if we're exempting soccer players who don't even win World Cups from military service, we should've exempted no. 1 Billboard artists.
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    Anton Hur
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    Feb 20, 2024
    My take: unlike a lot of highly managed kpop acts, BTS received very little in terms of marketing and publicity resources (Big Hit had taken a big hit—read BEYOND THE STORY for more) and had to manage their own social media presence, ironically bringing them closer to fans.
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    Feb 19, 2024
    I have a question for y’all and be HONEST. Why do you think other groups that are out right now are not hitting like BTS did, I’m talking about talk shows, award shows, overall demand. Let me know
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    Anton Hur
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    Dec 12, 2023
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    It is shameful that it is the 70th year of the ceasefire and we still have not declared an end to the Korean War. (I mostly blame America for this, but that's a whole new thread.) And it's our youth that still pay for it, whose parents were not even alive in 1950–3.
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    Anton Hur
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    Oct 30, 2022
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    What a horrible failure of a country this must seem to them, and us a generation who failed to protect them. Because we did fail to protect them.
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    Anton Hur
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    May 11, 2023
    I am… genuinely afraid of what is about to happen to my mentions
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    Anton Hur
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    Dec 12, 2023
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    But Korean politicians care more about their d*cks feeling bigger because some other Korean man kicked a ball into a net instead of actual "soft power" or the reputation of Korean artistry internationally. Or, I dunno, more than negotiating a peace treaty with North Korea.
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