South Korea requires men ages 18 to 28 to serve for at least 18 months.
South Korea requires men ages 18 to 28 to serve for at least 18 months. "It is very much expected that young Korean men serve the country and those BTS members are role models for many young-generation Koreans," he said. BTS are reportedly taking a year and a half break from music to serve in South Korea's army, per TMZ. South Korea's Ambassador to Great Britain stated that the K-Pop band members have the same obligation as everyone else, an obligation to protect their country.
South Korea passed a law in December 2020, dubbed the BTS law, which allows members of the boy band to postpone their military duties until they turn 30-years- ...
South Korea requires all men ages 18-28 to serve in the Military for at least 18 months to add to the nation’s 555,000-strong active force and 3.1 million reserve troops. He has made it clear that they will and are not excused from the mandatory South Korea requirement. BTS are “obligated” to serve in the South Korean Army for at least 18 months.
It's shades of Elvis … the biggest band on the globe will be walking away from the mic for a year and a half to serve in South Korea's army.
The Ambassador said, “It is very much expected that young Korean men serve the country and those BTS members are role models for many young-generation Koreans.” He did not give a time frame on when the group will be called to duty. He was able to restart his career after serving but not at the level it was at before. Sourth Korea’s Ambassador to Great Britain made it clear … K-Pop band members have the same obligation as everyone else .. an obligation to protect their country.
It's shades of Elvis ... the biggest band on the globe will be walking away from the mic for a year and a half to serve in South Korea's army.
The Ambassador said, "It is very much expected that young Korean men serve the country and those BTS members are role models for many young-generation Koreans." He did not give a time frame on when the group will be called to duty. He was able to restart his career after serving but not at the level it was at before. There's good reason to worry these days ... North Korea has become super aggressive and Kim Jong-Un has become even more unstable ... recently firing a missile that could carry nuclear warheads once the country develops that technology.
All seven members of K-pop sensation BTS are 'very much expected' to undertake military service in the South Korean army, according to Gunn Kim, ...
In South Korea, where the global pop band BTS originate from, male citizens must undergo mandatory conscription for 18 months between the ages of 18 and 28. 'It ...
All BTS members are expected to serve in the South Korean army, the country's ambassador to the U.K. said this weekend, as tensions between South Korea and ...
"It is very much expected that young Korean men serve the country, and those BTS members are role models for many young-generation Koreans," Kim Gunn, South Korea's ambassador to the U. K., told the Sunday Times this weekend. South Korean men are required to serve in the army for at least 18 months between 18 and 28. All BTS members are expected to serve in the South Korean army, the country's ambassador to the U. K. said this weekend, as tensions between South Korea and North Korea rise again.