Hit K-pop band “BTS” is going on hiatus for a few years as its members say they will honor South Korea’s military requirement. NBC News’ Aaron Gilchrist reports on how in that country military service isn’t just about national security but rather national culture.
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Stup=d way of thinking to not exempt BTS. They deserve exemption after wht they do for s korean not just the economy.
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This is a because the new Right Wing government and their Right Wing "Let's All Go Backwards In Time " type party members have NO concept of how much BTS has contributed to South Korea's G.D.P. and number of jobs, and how significant their achievements in worldwide POP music are. ***How absurd that a young man or men who win prizes playing "so-called Classical " music are exempted. President Yoon and people of South Korea consider this. That classical music is not authentic to your culture or people, but is (sad to say) DEAD WHITE MEN's music. Classical music was created by the Big European Colonial musicians when those nations were overrunning the globe claiming sovereign nations for their own. So President Yoon 'et al' (Latin dead white people's language) you reward your young musicians for their awards in Western Music not your young men who master, and are brilliantly successful in your own unique Korean popular music – KPOP. Are you ashamed of your creation??? Or your selves? Does a South Korean have to Kowtow to Western White Old Dead Men's music to earn an exemption, and the privilege of continued performances and worldwide success?? I think BTS is trying to please everyone in South Korea by announcing their enlistment. At this moment the critics and the Moguls of POP music from all over the world are just now acknowledging your BTS as a superior group of musical performers, champions of world sales, and ambassadors for non-violence and Peace. They have enormously enlightened the formerly unknowing global population in terms of South Korea's beautiful culture. IN truth BTS has earned two lifetimes of exemptions from ordinary militarv conscription and duty. How awful it is that they feel it necessary to sacrifice the pinnacle of their world success to your heinous and uninformed ignorance of their Brilliant Work all these years for you – South Korea.
Dr. Cha continues to disappoint, this time by comparing BTS' MANDATORY MILITARY SERVICE at the height of their career in a system where exceptions are regularly granted for “services to the nation” as arbitrarily defined by those in power to favour their own, with ELVIS who did so at the height of his career BY CHOICE, as a PUBLICITY STUNT, in a nation who never called him into service, to boost his own career.
I hope they stay there
BewhY is another K-pop idol (K-rapper) serving his military time.
yet the SK President never has lol
We have always known that they would enlist. It's politicians and other entertainment agencies that dragged BTS name through the mud in this exemption nonsense. They have always been clear and consistent in their answer to the question of would they enlist. BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT SK PRESIDENT NEVER SERVING???
Doctor Lee Gyun Soon and his associates welcome donors but they realize they watch pornography but my mother told them that they stealing his organis so we doing squid game season 2 filming live streaming on youtube and twitch?
good i hate them anyways
I learned that an Olympic athlete is excused from mandatory military service.
Who cares?!
They HAVE to serve!!! Not honorous!!!
Good.
The have to go into the military. It's mandatory
Oh my those poor girls…sorry I mean boys are gonna cry the 1st day cause they'll break a nail 😭
Good for them 👍
They are the Micheal Jacksons of Korean music, No one can replace them
good, they'll grow a set
If SK are okay to not having the fame and big income to the government then it’s their calling!! Other countries are all trying to be noticed and to have at least one phenomenal star to conquer the whole world considering the language barrier. They’re superstars and almost all the branded names wants bts in it cause of the massive fans! So now that BTS has to pause specially Kim Seokjin going first then a pause to economy too! 2 years is such a very long time and maybe one more group in other countries who knows will take its chances and can hear a certain name Kai from China is capturing people’s attention
Nothing decided yet! This is the company's decision, none of the members have made a personal statement. The government still hasn't decided what to do! Fans can still save them if they fight for it! But you can clearly see a serious troll attack (from empty channels without photos) which tries to defend this decision and manipulate the fans with the thesis "we are waiting and accepting this decision"! It is clear to government use BTS to punishment for any Korean male who believes he can get out of the military. Certainly politicians are afraid of their strong social influence on young people and are even ready to ignore the billions of profits brought by them! On the other hand, Hybe has 6% state shares and the company has been pursuing a policy against the group since it grew and was listed on the stock exchange. Ideas to replace BTS from other company groups are seen being pushed and their content censored. We observe a peculiar triangle – the company (which clearly doesn’t want BTS anymore and wants to eliminate them in favor of other groups), the government (which uses them for populist purposes and to please the conservative electorate) and the fans (many of them foreign, who do not are aware of the political situation in Korea and can be easily manipulated by company or government trolls). I personally think that Korea is losing its strongest lobbying weapon – BTS! And this is the biggest political stupidity I have ever seen a country do!
WGAF, like they'll be treated the same as a non famous person.
Unfair for BTS
Now no one can ride on Bts fame to make an exemption from enlisting 😌 If BTS (who contribute so much for their country's economy and culture enters the military why can others🙂)
Well… now NO ONE can avoid it since BTS is going
BTS 💜
To serve the military for any country it's the right thing to do if it's 18 months or two years do you have the training also how to conduct yourself in society the future of your life my God it makes you as a man you know the rules you know how to take care of your family you know how to take care of your country this is something so special for anybody to understand without it is chaos I'm American but country doesn't understand this hippies destroyed what we were building yeah Miss Feinstein
Now it’s up to us internationals ARMYs to boycott all Korean products until BTS comeback..not a penny for Korean government
Women who support gender equality -where are you now? Why aren't the mothers, sisters and girlfriends of these boys protesting in the street for equal rights?
Korea has been jealous of BTS success it’s why they were eager to send them away…only internationals got their back..what an embarrassing nation indeed!
So women in Iran are oppressed but over half the male population on the globe who is forced to complete years of military training is not?
Bts forever 💜💜💜
Imagine wasting years in the military just because you are a man
You use the phrase 'gender based discrimination' all the time but don't use it now?
💔💔💔💔💔
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BTS the best 👍👍💜💜