South Korean media reported that all four members will begin their duties next week — RM and V on Dec. 11 and Jimin and Jung Kook, who are scheduled to enlist together, on Dec. 12.

South Korean officials have been debating whether to grant the members of BTS exceptions to the mandatory military duty required of them for several years now, and time is running out.

All members of the K-pop band BTS will serve South Korea's required military service, starting with Jin, who turns 30 this year.

The hugely popular South Korean band BTS only recently reunited after completing their mandatory military service and are ...

The hugely popular South Korean band BTS only recently reunited after completing their mandatory military service and are ...

K-pop band BTS members RM, left, and V salute after being discharged from a mandatory military service in Chuncheon, South Korea, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Credit: AP/Ahn Young-joon ...

Entertainment Agency says BTS members will serve in South Korea’s military Big Hit Music said the band’s oldest member, Jin, will revoke his request to delay his conscription at the end of the ...

The members of K-pop band BTS will serve their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management company said Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, effectively ending a debate on exempting them ...

Whether the BTS members must serve in the army had been a hotly debated issue in South Korea as Jin faced possible enlistment early next year. Jin turns 30 in December, the age at which men can no ...

Comedian Zakir Khan recently shared a funny story about meeting BTS in Korea without recognising them. He confessed to ...

FILE – A member of South Korean K-pop band BTS J-Hope poses for photographers during a press conference to introduce their new album “BE” in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 20, 2020.