BTS‘ RM, V, Jimin and Jung Kook are all gearing as much as start their necessary South Korean army service. The group’s company, BIGHIT Music, introduced on Tuesday (Dec. 5) that the 4 males will enlist and being their stint within the nation’s military, following on the heels of fellow members Jin, J-Hope and Suga, who’re already enlisted.
“Thanks to the followers who all the time love BTS. We wish to present follow-up data concerning the army enlistment of RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook,” BIGHIT mentioned in an announcement on Weverse. “RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook are enlisting as active-duty troopers within the Military to meet their army service obligations,” it continued. “RM and V are scheduled to enlist in response to their very own procedures, and Jimin and Jungkook are scheduled to enlist collectively, so there shall be no separate official occasion on the day of their entry into the recruit coaching middle.”
At press time no further data was accessible on the precise date of enlistment for the boys.
As previously, the company famous that the brand new recruit coaching camp entrance ceremony is often attended by the troopers and their households, asking that members of fan group ARMY chorus from visiting the location in the course of the ceremony to forestall overcrowding and keep away from unsafe circumstances. “We ask that you just solely give a heat send-off and encouragement to RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook together with your coronary heart,” it learn.
BTS introduced in June 2022 that the group was taking time aside to permit every man time to give attention to solo ventures as their enlistment interval approached; South Korean regulation requires all able-bodied males between 18-28 to serve a two-year army stint.
Army service necessities have hung over the members of the group since they launched practically a decade in the past, with eldest member Jin the primary to start his stint. Whereas the nation permits for some elite athletes and classical musicians to keep away from the necessary army stint, there’s at present no comparable exemption for pop artists.