Yoon Administration Not Ready to Discuss Military Service Exemption for BTS
With a high number of Korean celebrities that have completed their military service why should BTS be exempted?:
Saturday’s meeting between officials of the agency of boy band BTS, Hybe, and President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition committee went without discussing the K-pop sensation’s possible military service exemption, a high-ranking official said, while hinting it could be discussed in the new administration.
There was “no mention about the military service at all,” Ahn Cheol-soo, chief of Yoon’s presidential transition committee, told reporters after his visit to the Hybe headquarters late Saturday. “It is something that should be decided in the newly launched (Yoon) government, after discussion with the National Assembly,” Ahn said, leaving the door open for discussions in the future.
Korea Herald
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Sinatra and Elvis served. Why should BTS not?
Seeing them in uniform might make them more popular with their fans…
Every Korean I talk to thinks they need to serve. I say they serve and put them in front line units. Nothing special about them over Mr. & Mrs. Kim’s child.