South Korea’s ‘BTS bill’ could let pop stars defer military service
known as the ARMY, were joyous Tuesday after South Korean lawmakers passed a bill that will likely enable pop stars — including the boyband’s members — to postpone mandatory military service.As a result of the country’s decadeslong war with North Korea, there is currently what Americans would perceive as a military draft in place requiring that all able-bodied South Korean men to serve for a minimum of 18 months before their 28th birthday — a date which BTS’ oldest member, 27-year-old Kim Seok-jin, is fast approaching.If President Moon Jae-in signs the bill, which was passed by an overwhelming 268 to 2 vote by the legislature, the country’s most famous entertainers will be allowed to defer national service until they are 30, CBS News