2023-12-17 06:30:24
BTS
BTS, which emerged like a comet, was unique right from its name. The English abbreviation BTS is derived from the English pronunciation ‘Bang-tan Sonyeondan’, but it is a nickname that can also be borrowed from ‘Bulletproof Boys’ in English only. As the dictionary meaning of ‘Bulletproof’, BTS’s name means ‘blocking bullets,’ and “it contains the profound meaning that we will prevent the hardships, prejudice, and oppression that teenagers experience in their lives.” It can be said to be a group that represents the MZ generation.
The official debut date is June 13, 2013, and it is a K-pop group representing Korea in name and reality that celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and is a world-class boy group that has left the most dazzling milestone and a new global record in the history of the Korean music industry. The seven-member group consists of Jin (31 years old), Suga (30 years old), J-Hope (29 years old), RM (29 years old), Jimin (28 years old), V (27 years old), and Jungkook (26 years old). In particular, BTS’s first grand prize winner and their second full-length album, which made their name known to the world,
On November 22, it was announced that all BTS members were expected to enlist within the year, and news was announced that they would return as a full group following being discharged from the military in 2025. The agency Big Hit Music announced the military service obligation fulfillment procedures for the four members (RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook) through the fan community platform Weverse. As member ‘Jin’ enlisted in active duty in October 2022, the ‘defense duty’ of Korean youth became a global topic. And on December 15th, a video of Jin, the last enlisted member, was released on BTS’s official YouTube channel, Bangtan TV. The sight of the members gathering together to support the eldest brother Jin by stroking his curly hair became known around the world. It must have been awkward for BTS’s fandom to see them enlist in the military at the peak of their popularity.
In April of this year, ‘J-Hope’ enlisted as an active-duty soldier, and in September, ‘Suga’ enlisted as a social worker, showing the fandom (ARMY) the wonderful side of Korean youth who are all required to perform ‘national defense duties’ without exception. . BTS’s enlistment was postponed until the age of 30 as an ‘excellent person in the field of popular culture and arts’ according to the current military service law, and the members who previously enlisted submitted an application to cancel the enlistment delay and enlisted early. Here, the future of ‘complete BTS in 2025’ is planned, so there is no doubt that they will proudly complete their military service in the second half of 2025 and take flight once more.
Article 39, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, “All citizens have the duty of national defense in accordance with the provisions of the law,” is not sacrosanct, but it is one of the four duties that all citizens of the Republic of Korea must observe without exception. ‘National defense’ is an abbreviation for national defense, and ‘defense duty’ defines the citizens’ duty to maintain the country’s independence from foreign acts of aggression and to preserve its territory. Therefore, the Dictionary of Defense Science and Technology Terms refers to a wide range of applications, such as “the duty of all citizens under the law regarding national defense, the duty of military service, the duty of air defense or counterintelligence, the duty to cooperate in military operations, and the duty to respond to military labor mobilization.” Therefore, it is important to know that in times of emergency, men, women and children of all ages are subject to the ‘duty of national defense’ without exception. The national defense duty of the citizens of the Republic of Korea includes not only the ‘duty of military service’ of serving as an active-duty soldier, but also reporting infiltrated spies and cooperating in the control of wartime soldiers, as well as not interfering with the movement of military units.
Therefore, BTS’s ‘military exemption’, which has been controversial in Korea since 2021, ended very refreshingly like their song ‘2 COOL 4 SKOOL’. The current law defines winners of Asian Games gold medals and Olympic bronze medals or higher as ‘athletic personnel’, second place or higher in certain international art competitions, first place in domestic art competitions, and people who have received qualifications following receiving important intangible cultural heritage training for more than five years as ‘athletics personnel’. It is defined as an ‘art agent’. So, soccer player Son Heung-min, who won a gold medal at the Asian Games, and pianist Seong-jin Cho, who won the Chopin Piano Competition, are representative examples of those who received exemptions. Now, unlike in the past, Korea is an advanced country (OECD) and winning a global competition is not an unusual case, so there must be a reexamination.
In particular, with regard to BTS, a member of the National Assembly proposed a law amendment, saying, “Who enhanced the national prestige more between the first place winner of the competition held in Seoul or BTS, who won the grand prize at the American Music Awards?” However, another member of the National Assembly said, “Military service should be applied equally to everyone. “Rather, it is right to abolish the special system created in the 1970s,” the counterargument was revived and failed, but the issue of BTS’s military service obligation was a topic with contemporary implications. In any case, BTS’ proud ‘duty of military service’ upholds the immutable national security value and national promise that all young Koreans will sacrifice their all to serve their country. We are confident that the fact that BTS members wore military uniforms for ‘national security’ is not a blank period, but a charging period and a leap forward.
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