https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/bts-not-seeking-military-exemption-was-sensible-rcna53515
It put to rest the speculation on whether or not the members of the band would be exempt from the country's mandate that all able-bodied men serve 18 to 21 months in the military. The BTS Army

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bts-military-exemption-1.6569303
South Korean boy band BTS might still perform during mandatory military service: minister. Some politicians and others have called for expanding the scope of exemptions to include K-pop stars such

https://www.koreaboo.com/news/bts-military-service-exemption-korean-men/
October 14th, 2020. BTS 's military service is a controversial topic that has the Korean public, fans, and politicians divided. The Military Manpower Administration ( MMA ) stated that BTS will not be given an exemption, but the members could possibly defer their enlistment to a later date. Jin, the oldest member of BTS, will be the first to

https://news.sky.com/story/south-koreans-could-decide-whether-k-pop-stars-bts-have-to-do-military-service-12687045
Jin, the oldest member of K-pop sensations BTS, is due to turn 30 in December and faces enlistment as part of South Korea's mandatory military service law for able-bodied men. Exemptions are

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63282589
The confirmation ends years of debate over whether the K-pop stars might be exempted from military duties. In South Korea, all able-bodied men aged 18-28 must serve about two years.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/In-or-out-Issue-of-BTS-military-duty-roils-South-Korean-politics
Issue of BTS military duty roils South Korean politics. Deadline looms for decision on whether K-pop band should be exempted. YOSUKE ONCHI, Nikkei Seoul bureau chief October 15, 2022 15:12 JST

https://www.vox.com/culture/22082950/south-korea-military-conscription-law-bts-jin
South Korea just changed a longstanding military law for the sake of BTS. BTS's success has won the male K-pop idols a reprieve from South Korea's mandatory military assignment. Members of BTS

https://www.itv.com/news/2022-10-07/debate-over-military-service-exemptions-for-k-pop-stars-bts-divides-south-korea
Friday 7 October 2022, 3:40pm. K-pop band BTS, left, and a member of the South Korean military, right. Credit: AP. South Korea's military appears to want to conscript members of the K-pop

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/10/25/in-south-korea-k-pop-band-s-plans-for-exemption-from-military-service-thwarted-by-defense-department-s-concerns_6001627_4.html
BTS's plans for exemption from South Korean military service thwarted by Defense Ministry. There was a sustained movement in the country to exempt members of the K-pop band, but the defense

https://nextshark.com/south-korea-survey-bts-military-exemption
Back in April, around 59% of the 1,004 respondents in a private survey conducted by Gallup Korea agreed that BTS and other top K-pop artists should be exempt from mandatory military service.

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220412000739
The polls show the public is largely divided. In the latest survey by Gallup Korea, nearly 59 percent of 1,004 Koreans aged 18 and older responded that K-pop artists should be able to serve

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/s-korea-may-conduct-survey-on-bts-members-military-duty/3350156/
South Korea may conduct a public survey to help determine whether to grant exemptions to mandatory military service to members of the K-pop boyband BTS. The issue of military service for the band

https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-bts-not-seeking-military-120000448.html
It put to rest the speculation on whether or not the members of the band would be exempt from the country's mandate that all able-bodied men serve 18 to 21 months in the military. The BTS Army

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/bts-korea-military-exemption-1235258181/?=___psv__p_48863744__t_w__r_www.google.com%2F_
K-pop superstars BTS could be given exemption from compulsory military service in South Korea. "It's time to create a system for incorporating popular culture-art figures as art personnel

https://mb.com.ph/2022/09/20/61-of-koreans-favor-giving-bts-military-service-exemption-new-survey-shows/
As the issue of K-pop superstars BTS' military service continues to become a hot topic, a new survey showed Koreans are in favor of giving them exemption from the mandatory duty. The National Assembly, Korea's legislature, commissioned a survey to know the opinion of the public on whether BTS should be given military service exemption.

https://www.allkpop.com/article/2022/09/media-outlets-conduct-public-surveys-on-whether-bts-should-get-exemption-from-mandatory-military-service
As a result of the survey conducted on September 1 by KBC Kwangju Broadcasting and UPI News, 57.7% of the respondents said they were in favor of granting BTS a special military exemption, and 39.7

https://program.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/06/732_328534.html
The defense ministry has also stressed the need for "prudence" in considering whether to allow active-duty military service exemptions for the band. As for the mounting protests, particularly from men in their 20s, Hwang stressed his proposal would be worth considering "if the country can give bigger obligations to the talented pop culture

https://www.augustman.com/my/people/should-bts-and-k-pop-stars-be-exempt-from-military-service/
In fact, 59% of them believe that BTS members should be exempt from military service, according to a Gallup Institute poll cited by The Korea Herald. Any K-pop singer who contributes to building the Asian country's positive image globally could benefit from this kind of arrangement. hm_son7. Villa Park, England.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/world/asia/bts-military-service.html
Draft exemptions are highly sought after in South Korea, where more than 230,000 young men each year, usually between the ages of 18 and 28, must interrupt their studies or careers to join the

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/verify/pop-culture/bts-south-korea-kpop-band-no-exemption-mandatory-military-service/536-ed313ac9-9bd8-48a1-801c-e2456f9863da
An April 2022 survey run by South Korean polling agency Realmeter found that 65.5% of South Korean people surveyed believed BTS should be granted an exemption from military service, while 30.2%

https://www.dw.com/en/bts-k-pop-band-members-to-serve-military-duty/a-63459151
10/17/2022. South Korea has been split on whether the boy band should be exempted from mandatory military service. BTS' management announced all the band's seven members plan to fulfil their

https://medium.com/@Kimska/should-bts-be-exempted-from-military-service-from-a-korean-reserve-mans-view-bcd4661b6a56
figure 1. BTS. BTS members' military service has been a subject of hot potato for years. During a press conference, HYBE, the group's agency urged the national assembly to decide on whether to

https://www.csis.org/analysis/threat-no-other-russia-north-korea-military-cooperation
The administration should shelve denuclearization and prioritize policies to disrupt the arms trade between Russia and North Korea. This is not an easy task. First, the routes used to transport North Korean arms to Russia run deep in the latter's territory, making military interceptions of munitions cargo, whether by boat or rail, dangerously

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/24/north-korea-south-balloons-trash/aede3ae4-31ef-11ef-872a-1d22f44a0d95_story.html
South Korea is monitoring an expected change in the wind direction on Monday that could allow North Korea to send more trash-carrying balloons across their heavily armed border, in their latest