BTS’ J-Hope posts photo with shaved hair preparing for mandatory military service

Artist Jung Hoseok, better known as j-hopemember of k-pop BTS extension, posted a photo showing that he is about to start his military service. He appeared in Instagram with shaved hair in a post on Monday the 17th. “I’ll have a good trip,” he wrote.

J-Hope is the second member of BTS to complete the mandatory enlistment in the South Korea. In December, Kim Seok-jin, known as Jinhe turned 30 and left for military service.

OR I announce that the band members should enlist took fans by surprise in October. The group is one of the major expressions of Korean pop culture, which had generated debates on a possible exemption.

As reported at the time, BTS will take a three-year hiatus and is expected to return to the stage in 2025. In South Korea, men between the ages of 18 and 28 must complete between 18 and 21 months of military service.

Performers who are awarded a South Korean government medal can defer enlistment until the age of 30. This was the case for the artists, who were awarded the Order of Cultural Merit in 2018, but are about to reach the age limit.

Besides Jin, It sucks also celebrates 30, but in March. J-Hope turned 29 in February. The others are currently between 25 and 28 years old.

According to Military Manpower Administration officials, the performers will receive five weeks of combat training before being assigned to specific units and roles. They stressed that everyone will go through the same process as other South Korean men.

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Source: Terra