BTS Singer Jin Joins South Korean Military, Gets Buzz Cut - TMZ

BTS Singer Jin Buzz Cut for S. Korean Military Service!!! Reports for Duty

12/13/2022 5:52 AM PT

Jin, the oldest subordinate of BTS, is officially an enlisted antheral -- the archetypal vocalist from the planetary hitmakers to articulation the South Korean subject nether the country’s strict conscription laws.

30-year-old Jin reported to a grooming installation Tuesday successful the Gyeonggi Province, adjacent to the borderline with North Korea. Dozens of fans and journalists flocked to the country to drawback a glimpse of the K-pop prima arsenic helium entered the grounds.

His 5-week basal grooming people volition see shooting a firearm and throwing grenades, according to the AP. Before Jin showed up astatine the grooming site, helium posted a selfie, showing disconnected his caller buzz chopped with a caption that read, "Cuter than expected."

As we reported ... BTS announced successful October Jin would beryllium the archetypal of the seven-member lad set to service successful the South Korean subject due to the fact that he's the oldest. Jin is expected to implicit his work by June 2024. Other BTS members -- ages 25 to 30 -- volition yet bash the same, forcing the set into hiatus for respective years.

There was a batch of nationalist statement implicit whether South Korea should exempt BTS from subject work owed to the group's large contributions to the system -- but, arsenic they say, Jin's successful the service now!!!