2023-11-14 06:52:24
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It is possible to transfer to art and sports personnel even while ‘on active duty’… The music industry “depends on the government’s will”
Group BTS Jin (left) and J-Hope (right) serving in the military
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Tae-soo Lee = As People Power Party Innovation Committee Chairman In Yo-han recently said that the group BTS should be exempt from military service, attention is focused on whether exemption for members who have already enlisted is realistically possible.
In the music industry, it is believed that this depends on the government’s will, as the current military service law stipulates that ‘persons on active duty’ can also be transferred to arts and sports personnel.
Chairman In appeared on JTBC’s ‘Genreman Yeouido’ on the 13th and said, “Why are you sending BTS to the military? If they win a medal, they won’t go to the military.” He added, “BTS should be exempt from the military.”
He also added, “I’m a big fan of BTS, but they promoted our cultural content all over the world, so why are they sending the military to hold on to that?” He added, “People who have earned several trillion won, does that even make sense?”
Three members of BTS are currently completing their military service, starting with the eldest brother Jin, who enlisted in December last year, and including J-Hope and Suga. Jin and J-Hope are serving as assistant instructors at the Army Recruit Training Center, and Suga is working as a social worker.
Accordingly, interest is focused on whether members who have already enlisted or entered military service can be exempted from military service. Inside and outside the music industry, there is an interpretation that it is possible under the current regulations.
Article 33, Paragraph 7 of the Military Service Act states, “The Commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration may transfer as arts and sports personnel any of the following persons who have special skills in the arts and sports fields prescribed by Presidential Decree and who are recommended by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism. It is stipulated that “there is.”
In particular, the target includes ‘those eligible for active duty military service’ as well as ‘persons serving as active duty soldiers’. Even if you have joined the military, you can be exempted depending on the will of the government.
Among athletes, there were many cases of early discharge following winning gold medals at the Asian Games and other events while serving in the military.
The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism recommended athletes who won medals, and the Commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration made the decision to transfer them to arts and sports personnel and receive exemption benefits.
Soccer player Hwang In-beom was discharged early following regarding nine months of service following winning a gold medal in men’s soccer at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games. In addition, Cho Young-wook also returned to society 264 days following enlisting by winning the men’s soccer championship at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
In the music industry, it has been pointed out that it is once morest fairness that popular artists such as singers are not included in the list of arts and sports personnel.
An official in the music industry said on the 14th, “The path to exemption from military service is open to BTS members regardless of whether they are enlisted before or following enlistment, depending on the government’s will.”
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