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Added on the 13/12/2022 06:13:44 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
K-pop megastar Jin from BTS was discharged from his South Korean military service on Wednesday. Jin is the first member of the band to complete the mandatory duty, freeing him up to fully resume musical activities. The seven members of the world's most popular boy band have been performing their service -- which South Korea requires of all men under 30, due to tensions with the nuclear-armed North -- with the K-pop juggernaut on a self-described "hiatus" since 2022. IMAGES
Scene outside the military base where BTS member Jin starts his mandatory military duty, the band's first member to enlist since a hiatus announcement this year left fans heartbroken over the K-pop juggernaut's uncertain future. IMAGES
Boy band BTS will have to do military service in their native South Korea with officials in the country stating that the seven members will not granted exemption.
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