BTS member Jin bid goodbye to fans ahead of his enlistment in the Korean military today (Dec. 13), a mandatory duty for all Korean men. “Now it is time for curtain call,” Jin posted on the Weverse app at 7:52 a.m. on Dec. 13. BTS' Jin in an Instagram post on March 13 this year (left) and...
Big Hit Music and HYBE announced on Dec. 12 that BTS member Jin, who will be starting his military service on Dec. 13, will enter the army training camp directly without greeting anyone as part of safety measures. The media and thousands of fans are expected to go to the camp of the 5th Infantry...
Two days before his enlistment, Grammy-nominated group BTS member Jin is ready for his military enlistment. On Dec. 11, Jin posted a photo of himself on the Weverse app, sporting a short hair for his military service. “It’s cuter than I thought,” he wrote. BTS' Jin in a photo for "The...
Big Hit Music, the agency of K-pop superstars BTS, has confirmed member Jin’s military enlistment but pleaded with fans not to go to the site. “We want to thank you for your continued support of BTS and would like to update you on Jin’s upcoming enlistment into the military,” it said in a...
HYBE Corp., the parent company of music labels managing K-pop artists such as BTS, Seventeen, TXT, ENHYPEN, Le Sserafim and Fromis 9, reported record revenues and profit in the second quarter of 2022. During the conference call to report the financial results of HYBE for the second quarter of 2022...
Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS will be allowed to hold concerts outside South Korea even while they are serving in the military. This is the proposal of Korea’s Ministry of National Defense for BTS whose member Jin will be up for enlistment next year, the first member to do so if no new law is...
South Korea’s new minister of culture, sports and tourism has echoed the opinion of President Yoon Suk-yeol that granting Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS an exemption from the mandatory military service should be based on public opinion. Park Bo-gyoon, who assumed office as the new head of...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said any government plan to exempt K-pop superstars BTS from military service should be based on the opinion of the public. All Korean men are required by law to enlist in the military by age 28. Through an amendment of Korea’s Military Service Act, which took...
The head of Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has thrown his support for a proposal to exempt Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS from military service and cited their effects on the country’s economy. Minister Hwang Hee proposed to establish a system that will allow pop...
K-pop boy band Pentagon member Hongseok has enlisted in the military to fulfill his mandatory duty. Hongseok, 28, entered the army training center on May 3 to receive basic military training before serving as an active duty soldier. Last April 1, Cube Entertainment announced his military service,...
Chen, 29, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, has completed his military service in South Korea. The K-pop idol was discharged from the military on April 25, or 18 months after enlisting on Oct. 26, 2020. EXO's Chen (SM Entertainment) He started as an active duty soldier but his status was later...
Six in 10 Koreans are in favor of exempting from military service pop artists like BTS who have contributed to the promotion of national prestige. The discussion of BTS’ military service has been spotlighted again after members of the transition committee of South Korean President-elect Yoon...
