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BTS member Jin begins military duty at front-line boot camp
Headline from Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, has begun his 18 months of mandatory military service at a front-line South Korean boot camp.
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BTS star Jin starts his mandatory South Korean military duty on Tuesday, the band's first member to enlist since a hiatus announcement this year left fans heartbroken over the K-pop juggernaut's uncertain…
Jin will be the first member of BTS to begin his mandatory military service and the group's record label BIGHIT MUSIC has shared a new statement about it.
Members of "The Army," as BTS fans are somewhat ironically known, replied with tears to a photo of Jin with his new haircut, bidding farewell to his bandmates.
Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, posted a photo of himself with a military buzzcut and a message saying, “Ha ha ha. It’s cuter than I had expected.”
Six other younger BTS members are to join the military in coming years one after another, meaning that the world's biggest boy band must take a hiatus, likely for a few years.
K-pop supergroup BTS entered a new era as Jin, its oldest member, began his mandatory military service amid tight security at an army training center in South Korea. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.
Saying goodbye to the ARMY — as the K-pop supergroup’s fan base is known — and hello to the armed forces, Jin became the first member of the boy band to start mandatory military service.
K-pop supergroup BTS entered a new era on Tuesday as Jin, its oldest member, began his mandatory military service amid tight security at an army training center in South Korea.
Jin, the oldest member of the internationally popular band BTS, reported for boot camp Tuesday to being his 18-months of mandatory military service after years of debate.
Jin, 30, the eldest member of K-pop group BTS, is the first to begin required military duty in South Korea. The six other members will serve at later dates.
