BTS Star J-Hope Begins Procedure for Mandatory South Korean Military Service

After Jin, a second member of the first K-Pop band to be nominated for a Grammy, BTS, announced his cancellation of military postponement and has begun the process of enlistment for mandatory military service. This recent development came as quite a shock to the fans who had not expected this BTS-level plot twist to come so soon, while others had expected the next member to enlist would be Suga.

However, after this surprising announcement by Big Hit, Jin, 30, who had enlisted in December after having postponed his service for as long as it was permitted, made a brief comeback on Instagram where he engaged in their usual and fun banter with J-Hope, thereby lightening the mood and leaving fans on a cheered up note.

Starting the conversation by writing, “Welcome…”, Jin wrote to J-Hope explaining to him that he was to be in a ‘private’ class and then jestingly advised that he should not think about making eye contact with him because of their ranks- Jin is a private first class. He even schooled his group mate how to salute properly, keeping the angle of the salute in line with his wrist and upper hand and raising it at an angle of 30 degrees from the ground. He further advised that the forearm should also be kept at 30 to 45 degrees.

To all of this, J-Hope replied, “You’re a tiger assistant trainer.” The entire conversation came as a welcome respite to fans who could help but laugh at their raillery, and some of them even commented on how light-hearted they were and one of them wrote, “Trust Jin to come and lighten the mood…” The whole schooling of J-Hope was speculated by fans as Jin’s payback for the complex choreography he put the latter through.

The rapper-choreographer provided some solace to fans saying that it wasn’t ‘farewell’ on his part as he has a parting gift for them,  titled ‘On The Street’, set to release on March 2. The artist also expressed his regret that he would not be able to cheer the other members of the group on their solo ventures but he would definitely do so ‘quietly’ from wherever he ends up getting posted.

The South Korean law states that all able-bodied men of ages 18-28 must mandatorily serve in the military for about two years, but a 2019 legislative revision extended this age limit to 30 for globally acknowledged K-pop stars.

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