AFP
Ok-pop star Suga, songwriter and rapper for the boy band supergroup BTS, has begun the enlistment course of for necessary army service, the band’s label mentioned on Monday, making him the third band member to go off to carry out army obligation.
“We would like to inform our fans that SUGA has initiated the military enlistment process by applying for the termination of his enlistment postponement,” Big Hit Music mentioned in a press release.
All able-bodied South Korean males aged between 18 and 28 should serve within the army for about two years.
Under a 2019 revision of the legislation, globally recognised Ok-pop stars had been allowed to place off their service till the age of 30. Parliament is now debating a brand new modification that will permit Ok-pop stars to just do three weeks of army coaching.
In April, J-Hope, one other member of Grammy-nominated BTS, started his necessary army service, following Jin, the oldest, who joined the army in December.
“We ask you for your continued love and support for SUGA until he completes his military service and safely returns,” the label mentioned.
Suga went on his first solo world tour earlier this yr, operating his YouTube discuss present.
