BTS fans known as The ARMY are now left heartbroken after they got to hear that the boys are told to fulfil their Military service by the authorities. Sung II Jong stated in the official cabinet about the same and has stated that the arguments are enough to exclude the South Korean group from the duty.
He further stated that the awards that the boyband has won so far ‘have been based on fan voting and not specific evaluation criteria’ as mentioned in Music Mundial, the report, further added, ‘So, even though there is no standard for making a decision for K-Pop artists to be exempted from military service, BTS would not have what it takes to be exempted from military service.’
Earlier, South Korea culture, sports and tourism Minister Hwang Hee has given BTS ARMY the hope that the BTS boys might not have to join the military. For the unversed the septet boy band faced enlistment this year, to join the military force. The minister has also revealed that he has placed the request in front of the parliament to approve and has given the Army assurance that the boys would continue to be their idols and not join the force.
Hwang Hee said, “It’s time to create a system for incorporating popular culture-art figures as art personnel. The system has been operated meaningfully to give those who have enhanced the national status based on their excellent skills more chances to contribute to the country, and there is no reason the popular art-culture field should be excluded from this.”