BTS singer Jin set to begin South Korea military service, source says - CNN

Seoul, South Korea CNN  — 

K-pop superstar Jin volition statesman his mandatory subject work adjacent month, a root with nonstop cognition of the concern confirmed Friday, aft the BTS vocalist appealed to the supergroup’s devoted fans to enactment distant from his South Korean service grooming center.

The root said the 29-year-old star, BTS’ oldest member, volition participate work December 13 astatine Yeoncheon service basal successful the bluish Gyeonggi province.

Military work is compulsory successful South Korea, wherever astir each able-bodied men are required to service successful the service for 18 months by the clip they are 28 years old.

South Korea’s parliament passed a measure successful 2020 allowing popular stars – namely those who “excel successful fashionable civilization and art” – to defer their work until the property of 30.

Jin’s work volition statesman with a five-week basal grooming people earlier being assigned to a unit, based connected modular practice.

The determination had been wide expected.

Last month, BTS’ grounds statement said that each 7 members of the radical were readying to undertake subject service and Jin – who turns 30 connected December 4 – would beryllium the archetypal to enlist.

On Thursday, Jin posted a connection connected instrumentality assemblage app Weverse, urging fans not to sojourn the subject grooming halfway to get a glimpse of him amid reports of his impending enlistment. He did not contradict the reports successful the post.

“Reports person travel retired against my will, but our ARMYs (BTS fans), should not travel to the grooming center,” helium wrote. “It could beryllium unsafe due to the fact that the spot volition beryllium crowded with galore radical too maine who are coming. ARMY, I emotion you.”

BTS has been often compared to The Beatles, adjacent breaking 1 of the English stone band’s records with 3 Billboard No. 1 albums successful a azygous year.

Their devoted instrumentality basal calls themselves the “BTS Army,” propelling their euphony and coming to their defence connected societal media successful 2019 erstwhile the radical was unopen retired from Grammy nominations. They person been nominated for 3 Grammy Awards successful 2023.

With their subject work looming, BTS said successful June it would press intermission to prosecute solo projects. The radical is expected to reconvene successful 2025, according to their grounds label.