![]() ![]() ![]() But in December 2020, the country’s parliament passed a bill (informally called the ‘BTS law’, and rumoured to have been passed for the benefit of Kim Seok-jin) allowing its biggest stars to defer until the age of 30. In South Korea, all able-bodied males are required to fulfil military service from the age of 18, while women are exempt.Įxemptions from service had previously been given to award-winning athletes, classical musicians, and dancers, but not to K-pop acts. Mandatory conscription, co-ordinated by the country’s Military Manpower Administration, says that all citizens have “the duty of national defense” against North Korea. K-pop idols have long had to swap their microphones for the military.
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