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BTS. It will be welcome news for the seven-member pop group's legions of diehard fans around the world, who were celebrating the band's unprecedented position at the top of the Billboard chart on Tuesday.

A change to South Korea’s military service law has extended the immediate lifespan of BTS.

Thanks to a new Korean law, BTS’ Jin will defer his military service by two years. Jin, the eldest member of BTS, will turn 28 on Friday, December 4, which meant that he had 20 months to enlist in the military under the previous South Korean law.

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known as the ARMY, were joyous Tuesday after South Korean lawmakers passed a bill that will likely enable pop stars — including the boyband’s members — to postpone mandatory military service.As a result of the country’s decadeslong war with North Korea, there is currently what Americans would perceive as a military draft in place requiring that all able-bodied South Korean men to serve for a minimum of 18 months before their 28th birthday — a date which BTS’ oldest member, 27-year-old Kim

BTS, currently the world’s most successful pop group.South Korean men must perform compulsory military service once they turn 28, if they haven’t done so already. Two of the members of the group, Jin and Suga, will soon turn 28 – Jin’s birthday is on 4 December – meaning their time with the group was under threat.The law change, though, has extended the maximum age to 30 for those allowed to defer their service.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe box office outlook in South Korea, which last year was the world’s fourth largest theatrical market, turned from bad to worse.

BTS is on top again!

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down the capital, Pyongyang, as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and its economic damage, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Friday.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.TRAIN to Busan was one of my favourite films of 2016.A real sleeper hit, the South Korean horror flick was a relentless exercise in breathless terror.It didn’t immediately strike me as a film that warranted a sequel but when you are dealing with the zombie apocalypse there are always a whole host of potential storylines and directions to go in.Set eight years later, Peninsula focuses on a new batch of

BTS made history on Tuesday as the first K-pop act to ever earn a Grammy nomination.

WarnerMedia International has shaken up its leadership team and installed a new organizational structure in the key Asian territories of India, Southeast Asia and South Korea. The company is combining WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks, which comprises the legacy Turner and HBO businesses, with Warner Bros.' theatrical distribution, TV syndication, home entertainment as well as consumer products, gaming and location-based entertainment divisions.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefGlobal streaming giant Netflix has acquired three high profile feature films and added four new series from South Korea. The country is currently riding a cultural high with movies, TV dramas and K-pop music all finding wider international audiences.

Dave McNary Film ReporterHanWay Films has closed multiple international sales for Phillip Noyce’s “Peggy Jo,” with Lily James attached to star as Peggy Jo Tallas, who robbed Texas banks in the early 1990s while posing as a man.A deal with Universal Pictures Content Group includes Benelux, German speaking Europe, Italy, Portugal, Scandinavia, and the UK.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWarnerMedia International has unveiled what it calls a “new-look organization and leadership” group in India, Southeast Asia and Korea.The move puts WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks’ legacy Turner and HBO TV businesses under the same roof as Warner Bros.’ theatrical distribution, TV syndication, home entertainment, consumer products, gaming and location-based entertainment activities.The Korea, India and Southeast Asia reorganization was announced by Clement

The guys from BTS wear colorful outfits while performing at the 2020 American Music Awards, which is airing on Sunday (November 22) and taking place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

BTS are challenging for first UK Official Number 1 single this week with Life Goes On. The South Korean group rank at Number 2 on today’s Official Chart: First Look, based on preliminary downloads and streams across the first two days of the chart tracking week.