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Amendment to the Military Service Law … “Deferred enlistment in the field of culture and popular arts”
Bulletproof Boy Scouts (BTS) Discuss Proposed Military Service Act Amendment
BTS Leads Korean Wave Culture … Interest In Postponing Enlistment Or Not
Equity concerns when selecting popular cultural artists for enlistment
An amendment to the Military Service Act was proposed to give pop culture artists the opportunity to postpone enlistment even for pop culture artists raising their national status.
When the bill was introduced, the bulletproof boy bands, which are leading the Korean wave culture, are on the topic, with some pointing out that fair standards are needed in the selection process.
Reporter Kim Moon-kyung reports.
[기자]There are three main ways to postpone enlistment under current military service law.
In the case of being enrolled in a baccalaureate or higher school or taking a course at a training institution, it is the case that national prestige is promoted as an excellent person in the field of physical education.
Among these cases, military service is generally postponed while student status is maintained.
At age 28, the postponement ends according to the study, but it can be postponed for another two years if there are sufficient reasons.
The proposed amendment to the Military Service Act also added prominent individuals in the field of culture and popular arts to the rank of enlistment deferral.
The idea is to give the option to postpone enlistment in case of raising the country’s national status at its peak in the 1920s.
[전용기 / 더불어민주당 의원 : 이제는 이런 분들이 갖고 있는 경제적 효과가 굉장히 크고 국위선양도 충분히 한다고 판단해서 합법적으로 연기할 수 있는 방안을 마련해 줘야 된다(고 생각합니다.)]When the revised bill was proposed, BTS, which leads the Korean Wave culture, drew attention.
Recently, she was the first Korean singer to chart No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the top US Billboard chart, but the possibility was raised that if the Military Service Act were revised, it could be postponed.
Most of the BTS members are known to have entered graduate school to extend their activities.
There is still no particular opposition around the revised bill, but there are voices concerned about the fairness of the standards of public culture and artists to promote national prestige.
[하태경 / 국민의힘 의원 : 국위선양을 하는 청년들에게 연기혜택을 줄 수 있다고 봅니다. 하지만, 공정한 기준이 필요하고 공정한 기준을 국회에서 만들어야 된다는 생각을 가지고 있습니다.]In particular, there is a high possibility of objections being raised to the fact that only the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism has the right to recommend the target of popular culture and enlisted artists, so it remains to be seen whether the The revised bill will pass as the original draft.
YTN Kim Moon-kyung[[email protected]]it is.
