{"id":28625,"date":"2022-07-06T08:31:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T15:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=28625"},"modified":"2023-01-16T00:09:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T08:09:20","slug":"korea-minister-of-culture-listens-to-public-opinion-on-bts-military-service-exemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/korea-minister-of-culture-listens-to-public-opinion-on-bts-military-service-exemption\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea Minister of Culture listens to public opinion on BTS&#8217; military service exemption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, public opinion is an important variable for the proposal to exempt <strong>BTS<\/strong> from their mandatory <strong>military service<\/strong>. This is how official <strong>Park Bo Kyun<\/strong> responded at a press conference held on Monday, July 4th (KST) in Sejong, the administrative capital of the aforementioned country.<\/p>\n<p>As South Korean citizens the members of BTS should <strong>enlist<\/strong> in the military before they turn 28 years old. However, the K-pop group got a first benefit from deferring their registration until 30 with the so-called &#8220;<strong>BTS Law<\/strong>&#8220;. Said modification was approved in merit of international awards and for spreading <strong>Hallyu<\/strong> in the world.<\/p>\n<p>After that, an initiative was debated to <strong>exempt<\/strong> Bangtan from the (approximate) 18 months of service; and instead of them give them the benefit of being cultural agents. After the change of presidential <strong>authorities<\/strong>, there was no further progress on this issue. In a press session, Minister Park Bo Kyun communicated the position on the proposal.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kbizoom\/status\/1543960970975817728\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Bo-kyun shares, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BTS<\/a>\u2019s military service exemption? Public opinion is really important\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xz8PKlkkYg\">https:\/\/t.co\/xz8PKlkkYg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l0bUFEPGeP\">pic.twitter.com\/l0bUFEPGeP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KBIZoom (@kbizoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kbizoom\/status\/1543960970975817728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You may also like: <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201c<em><strong>First, I believe that military service is a sacred duty. Second, BTS has promoted Korean culture in the world and raised the nation&#8217;s prestige<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;, the official said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>A third variable is that there is a problem of equality between the field of classical arts and popular art<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Currently, military service <strong>exemption<\/strong> cases only cover classical music artists and Olympic or Asian Games medalists. The minister argued that they are considering <strong>public<\/strong> opinion on the special case of BTS.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201c<em><strong>Public opinion is important. We are not the ones who take the initiative, instead, we are listening to opinions and transferring it to the National Assembly<\/strong><\/em>\u201d, he explained.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, public opinion is an important variable for the proposal to exempt BTS from their mandatory military service. This is how official Park Bo Kyun responded at a press conference held on Monday, July 4th (KST) in Sejong, the administrative capital of the aforementioned country. 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