K-pop boy band BTS member Jin has started the countdown to his discharge from the Korean military. “D-100,” posted Jin on the Weverse app on March 4, referring to the 100 days left before he finishes his military service. BTS' Jin's posted "D-100" on Weverse on March 4 about the 100...
K-pop boy band BTS member J-Hope will be enlisting in the military.
Big Hit Music, BTS' agency, announced on Feb. 26 that J-Hope has started the process by applying to cancel his enlistment postponement, an option given to BTS that would allow them to postpone their military service until age...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
All seven members of Grammy nominees and K-pop superstars BTS have applied to postpone their military service until age 30.
Their basis is the so-called “BTS Military Service Act,” which took effect in South Korea on June 23 this year, six months after it was promulgated by the government on...
Minister Hwang Hee of Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (left) and BTS (MCST / Big Hit Music)
K-pop superstars BTS will be recommended if they file an application to postpone their military service until age 30.
The so-called “BTS Military Service Act” took effect in...
BTS (Big Hit Music)
The new law that will allow K-pop superstars BTS and other pop culture artists to postpone their military service until age 30 took effect today, June 23.
On Dec. 22, 2020, the Korean government promulgated the so-called “BTS Military Service Act” to give outstanding...
BTS (Twitter)
South Korea’s National Assembly has passed a bill that will allow K-pop superstars and Grammy nominee BTS to postpone their military service until age 30.
The bill was passed on Dec. 1 during the 13th plenary session of the National Assembly with 253 lawmakers voting in favor,...
