South Korea passes law allowing BTS stars to postpone military service

In a major move the South Korean parliament has passed a bill allowing music sensation BTS and other musicians to postpone their mandatory military service until the age of 30As per the South Korean laws all ablebodied South Korean men aged between 18 and 28 are required to serve in the military for about two years reported New York TimesTwo of the members of the group Jin and Suga will soon turn 28 and their time with the group was under threatAccording to the revised Military Service Act a pop culture artist who was recommended by the Minister of Culture Sports and Tourism to have greatly enhanced the image of Korea both within the nation and throughout the world would be allowed to postpone their military service until age of 30 if they do not have an extraordinary reasonBefore revision the Military Service Act only gave deferral exceptions to athletes classical musicians and those who enrolled in PhD programs abroadAll seven members of BTS the full name is Bangtan Sonyeondan Bulletproof Boy Scouts or Beyond The Scene as their English branding meet that requirement as they were awarded the medal in 2018The fans of the group known as the BTS Army celebrated the legal change on social media calling it a gift to Jin ahead of his birthday on December 4Congratulations Jin I cant tell you my happiness one fan wrote on Twitter Another user said Yo yo yo The New BTS Law is passed in SKorea Which means Jins military service is postponed till he is 30 ARMY REJOICEThe septet comprising RM Jin Suga JHope Jimin V and Jungkook recently earned their first mainstream Grammy Award nomination in the best popduo group performance for DynamiteThey were previously up for an obscure best recording package Grammy in 2019 for Love Yourself TearThe group also topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with Life Goes On the lead single of their recently released album BE Deluxe EditionThe song a soothing melody reflecting the state of life under the ongoing coronavirus pandemic also topped the Billboard 200 chartOn the Billboard Hot 100 chart Life Goes On is closely followed by the Grammynominated Dynamite the closing track of BE on No 3 this weekDynamite which is the music groups first fullfledged English single previously topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September making BTS the first pop act from South Korea to achieve this featAccording to Billboard BTS is the first duo or group in history to have two No 1 Hot 100 debut songsOther five songs from the eighttrack album BE also found their place on the Hot 100 chart with Blue amp Grey on No 13 Stay on No 22 Fly To My Room on No 69 closely followed by Telepathy on No 70 and Disease on No 72 PTI RB RB RB RBKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever