{"id":5913,"date":"2026-03-31T00:04:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=5913"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:10:25","slug":"kai-discusses-sms-trainee-preparations-emphasizing-academic-importance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=5913","title":{"rendered":"Kai Discusses SM’s Trainee Preparations, Emphasizing Academic Importance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During the SBS variety program “‘But Actually!’,” Kai discussed the education SM trainees receive.
 
Singer Jeon Somi joined the four hosts\u2014Tak Jae-hoon, Lee Sang-min, Lee Su-ji, and Kai\u2014on the episode of “‘But Actually!'” that aired on the 30th.<\/p>\n

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During the program, Kai revealed that SM provides trainees with a variety of educational programs, including etiquette lessons and speech training.<\/p>\n

He added, “They also attend academic classes and must achieve good grades. If their debut is uncertain, they need to study to prepare for a new life path,” a statement that garnered significant attention.<\/p>\n

Jeon Somi and Kai also shared that trainees recognize each other, humorously demonstrating how they might dance in the streets\u2014not flamboyantly, but maintaining a subtle rhythm\u2014recreating the scene to the audience’s amusement.<\/p>\n

Image source: SBS broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During the SBS variety program “‘But Actually!’,” Kai discussed the education SM trainees receive. Singer Jeon Somi joined the four hosts\u2014Tak Jae-hoon, Lee Sang-min, Lee Su-ji, and Kai\u2014on the episode of “‘But Actually!’” that aired on the 30th. During the program, Kai revealed that SM provides trainees with a variety of educational programs, including etiquette lessons […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[1079,1080,1081],"class_list":{"0":"post-5913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv-show-drama-movie","8":"tag-k-pop-education","9":"tag-sbs-variety-show","10":"tag-sm-trainees"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-137.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5915,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions\/5915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}