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K-Pop stars BTS to complete mandatory military service in South Korea

The South Korean pop group will “reconvene around 2025” following their military duties

Manchester Evening News

Members of famous K-pop band ‘will serve in South Korean military’, say reports

BTS members will have to do their duty

Wales Online

BTS members to do military service in South Korea

Announcement ends long debate over whether K-pop group should get exemption

The Guardian - UK

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Agency Says BTS Members Will Serve in South Korea’s Military

The members of K-pop band BTS will serve their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management company said Monday, effectively ending a debate on exempting them because of their artistic accomplishments. Bighit Music said the band’s oldest member, Jin, will revoke his request to delay his conscription at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

BTS pop band members forced to join army and serve military duty in South Korea

BTS' representatives HYBE confirmed BTS will be fulfilling their mandatory military service in South Korea

Daily Mirror

Agency says BTS members will serve in South Korea's military

The management agency of K-pop group BTS says the singers will serve their mandatory military duties as required under South Korean law, effectively ending a public debate on whether they should be given exemptions because of their artistic accomplishments

The Independent UK

K-pop stars BTS to serve military duty

K-pop boy band BTS will go off on mandatory military service, starting shortly with oldest member Jin, their agency said on Monday.

Reuters

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China enhancing submarine capabilities

BEIJING/WASHINGTON -- The Chinese military is steadily improving the capabilities of its fleet of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, which are capable of carrying strategic missiles. With its eye on China's medium- to long-term rivalry with the United States, Beijing is hurrying to develop a new type of submarine, efforts that…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Researchers decode metal-making recipes in ancient Chinese text

Study identifies mystery elements in Kaogong ji, shedding light on how early bronzes were produced

The Guardian - UK

Scientists may have revealed the ancient secret behind China’s Bronze Age

By studying the ratio of metals in coins from ancient China's Bronze Age, researchers may have cracked formulas that described mysterious components called Jin and Xi and complicated our view of the era's metal manufacturing.

Inverse

K-Pop’s BTS May Still Be Able to Perform While Doing Military Service, Says Minister

K-pop boy band BTS might still be able to perform overseas while serving in the military, South Korea's defense minister said on Monday, as the country debates shortening mandatory military service for K-pop stars to three weeks from about two years. The issue is coming sharply into focus with the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

BTS fans can experience ‘one night’ in home where stars filmed In the Soop

Bookings will cost $7 in a nod to group’s seven members

The Independent UK

BTS Rekindle Debate about Military Service in South Korea

A surprise decision by South Korean boy band BTS to take a break from live shows has rekindled debate about mandatory military service in a country setting global pop-culture trends while facing a decades old Cold War threat. Military service is hugely contentious in South Korea where all able-bodied men…

Asharq Al-Awsat

BTS rekindle debate about military service in South Korea

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The best video game openings that will suck you right in

From Skyrim to BioShock, we rank the 10 best video game openings of all time

Asharq Al-Awsat

For K-Pop Supergroup BTS, Questions Remain about its Future

The surprise announcement by BTS last week that they were taking a break to focus on members’ solo projects stunned their global fanbase, shaking their label's stock price and leaving many questions about the K-pop supergroup’s future. HYBE, the company behind the band, denied the group was taking a hiatus…

The Independent UK

BTS break sparks debate on activism, military exemptions

Numerous questions remain about BTS and its seven members after last week's surprise announcement that the group was going to spend more time focusing on solo projects

Evening Standard

BTS on hiatus: how the K-pop superstars became the biggest band in the world - and the toll its taken

It’s the hiatus that isn’t actually a hiatus - so what does the future hold for the record-breaking septet?

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The Guardian - UK

‘There’s no time left for growth’: why BTS have paused their career at its height

They became the world’s biggest pop group, and a multibillion-dollar asset in their native South Korea. But by taking a break, BTS are refusing to lose their selfhood in a tough industry

The Times of India

BTS announce break to focus on solo projects; here’s why they believe it is a positive decision

WEKU

K-pop sensation BTS is going on a break but promises to return

The boy band announced their break during a dinner filmed for social media. The group officially debuted in 2013.

The Guardian - AU

‘I didn’t want to make public my suffering’: Janine Mikosza on reinventing the trauma memoir

Having lived in 14 houses before she was 18, Mikosza’s Homesickness is a dialogue between two versions of herself, as she interrogates her past – and tests her memory

Bangkok Post

BTS may get pass from military service under minister's plan

A South Korean government minister has called for exempting K-pop group BTS from mandatory military service, as the nation remains divided over preferential treatment for the megastars.

The Guardian - UK

South Korea split in row over military service for BTS

The K-pop superstars add billions to the economy, so should they be exempt from conscription?

The Times of India

BTS reunite with ARMY at 'Permission To Dance On Stage Concert' after 2 years; call it their first show "without cheers"

"In December 2019, we did a show here and not knowing it would be a final show (owing to the pandemic)," said Suga as he returned to the Olympic Stadium with RM, J-Hope, Jin, Jimin, JungKook and V.

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