K-pop stars BTS extend career by two years after military service law change

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefMusic streaming giant Spotify is to launch a localized service in South Korea in the first half of 2021. The move connects K-pop artists, such as BTS and Blackpink who are enjoying global success, with listeners in their home country.“South Korea is key for Spotify in its mission of giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it.

So many K-Pop superstars also happen to be social media sensations – and the top accounts have millions and millions of followers!

BTS member Jungkook has been deemed one among the sexiest men of 2020 yet again. The South Korean singer, who was recently crowned the title by People, has been featured on Sexiest Men of 2020 list released by Grazia.

The K-pop sensation is bringing all the festive feels on “Dynamite (Holiday Remix),” which gives some seasonal bang to the group’s No. 1 hit.The surprise track — which, to the BTS ARMY’s delight, dropped early Friday — accentuates the already merry vibe of the original with some tinsel trimmings. The new remix comes with a video that finds the South Korean septet bopping around a Christmas tree to the Yule groove.

BTS has had more than just a "Dynamite" year — they've become such a global phenomenon that Time magazine named the South Korean group its 2020 Entertainer of the Year. The magazine announced the honor for the seven-member K-pop boy band on Thursday, hours before a prime-time special that will culminate with the naming of Time's Person of the Year.

Time magazine will announce its 2020 Person of the Year tonight in a first-ever broadcast special, but editors named their picks for Entertainer and Athlete of the Year on Twitter today: South Korean K-pop boy band BTS and Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKorea lawmakers on Tuesday completed passage of an amendment to existing legislation and will allow some K-pop stars exemption from military service until they are 30.

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 is on top again!

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

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.