K-pop superstars BTS are planning to fulfill their mandatory service in the South Korean military, their record label announced on Monday, Oct. 17.
are planning to fulfill their mandatory service in the South Korean military, their record label announced on Monday, Oct. 17.
The group's seven members will carry out their military service"based on their own individual plans," with the group's oldest member, 29-year-old Jin, starting the process at the end of the month following his solo music release, BigHit Music"Since the creation of BTS over ten years ago, the band has risen to international success, broken records, and catapulted K-Pop into the global stratosphere," BTS' label said.
The label added it had been focused on"the milestone moment when it would be possible to respect the needs of the country and for these healthy young men to serve with their countrymen, and that’s now."
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