# BTS Concert Backlash: Taxpayers Fund Billions

URL: https://technosports.co.in/bts-concert-backlash-taxpayers-fund-billions/  
Published: 2026-06-23  
Updated: 2026-06-23  
Author: Reetam Bodhak

Seoul is facing intense outrage after spending ₩27.1 billion in public funds on the BTS ARIRANG concert. While HYBE raked in massive profits, they paid a mere ₩90 million to the city. With 10,000 civil servants mobilized and disaster budgets drained, citizens are slamming the government for subsidizing a private corporate spectacle. Was this cultural promotion or a fiscal disaster?