{"id":30916,"date":"2022-08-31T12:39:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T19:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=30916"},"modified":"2022-08-31T12:39:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T19:39:13","slug":"defense-minister-announces-public-opinion-poll-to-determine-bts-military-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/defense-minister-announces-public-opinion-poll-to-determine-bts-military-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Minister announces &#8216;public opinion poll&#8217; to determine BTS&#8217; military service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, August 31st, Defense Minister <strong>Lee Jong-seop<\/strong> announced to the Defense Committee of the National Assembly that a public opinion poll would be conducted in order to determine <strong>BTS<\/strong>&#8216; mandatory military service <strong>enlistment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the K-Pop group have spent a year full of confusion, with comings and goings without knowing what will happen to the boys in relation to their <strong>military service<\/strong>. This has been a topic of discussion among the <strong>leaders<\/strong> of South Korea where they seek the best decision.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globalmyeon\/status\/1565025606831587328\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The South Korean Ministry of National Defense will be conducting an opinion poll regarding BTS and their mandatory military service. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vg8cjp6weh\">pic.twitter.com\/Vg8cjp6weh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GLOBALMYEON (@globalmyeon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globalmyeon\/status\/1565025606831587328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 31, 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>&#8220;<em><strong>This morning, I ordered my staff to quickly conduct a public opinion survey. The survey will be conducted by a third-party institution instead of a related ministry to ensure impartiality<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>We will set a deadline and make a decision<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Even though Korean netizens were unhappy with this decision, fans of BTS and <strong>HYBE<\/strong> are urging lawmakers to make a decision as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, it has been reported about the possibility that the boy group can perform an <strong>alternative<\/strong> military service where they can fulfill their musical activities and continue to raise the country&#8217;s prestige.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fingerofjimin\/status\/1564227493984276480\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ko\" dir=\"ltr\">\uc695\ub098\uc624\uace0 \ud1a0\ub098\uc628\ub2e4 \ubbf8\uce5c<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v7IoNEyvbh\">https:\/\/t.co\/v7IoNEyvbh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \uafb8\ub77d (@fingerofjimin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fingerofjimin\/status\/1564227493984276480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, August 31st, Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop announced to the Defense Committee of the National Assembly that a public opinion poll would be conducted in order to determine BTS&#8216; mandatory military service enlistment. Fans of the K-Pop group have spent a year full of confusion, with comings and goings without knowing what will happen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2817,"featured_media":30924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[49],"class_list":{"0":"post-30916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kpop","8":"tag-bts"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}