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.
According to The New York Times, all able-bodied South Korean men are required to enlist in the military within 20 months of their 28th birthday.
However, due to a revision of South Korea’s Military Service Act that was passed on Tuesday, December 1, Jin will have at least two more years until he’ll have to take a break from the K-pop industry for the military. “‘bts military enlistment is postponed until the age of 30’ what a time to be alive,” tweeted fan @moekapinkk.
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