South Korea law change allows BTS to defer military service for two more years

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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.

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.

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