The oldest member of the K-pop sensation BTS will enlist on December 13,
making him the band’s first enlistee, local media reported on Thursday.
Because South Korea is still nominally at war with nuclear-armed North
Korea, all able-bodied men under 30 must serve for around two years in the
military.
That indicates that 29-year-old Jin, the senior member of the wildly
successful septet, is getting close to the age cutoff.
He will start his required five-week training at Yeoncheon in Gyeonggi
Province before being sent to a “frontline unit,” according to a report by
the Yonhap news agency, which cited sources in the military and business.
making him the band’s first enlistee, local media reported on Thursday.
Because South Korea is still nominally at war with nuclear-armed North
Korea, all able-bodied men under 30 must serve for around two years in the
military.
That indicates that 29-year-old Jin, the senior member of the wildly
successful septet, is getting close to the age cutoff.
He will start his required five-week training at Yeoncheon in Gyeonggi
Province before being sent to a “frontline unit,” according to a report by
the Yonhap news agency, which cited sources in the military and business.
