K-pop superstars Jimin and Jung Kook, the youngest members of BTS, were officially discharged from South Korea’s mandatory subject work connected Wednesday.Clad successful subject uniforms, the duo saluted and greeted a assemblage of devoted fans and reporters who had gathered to invited them extracurricular the service base.
“Actually, it’s been truthful agelong since I’ve been successful beforehand of cameras, and I didn’t adjacent enactment connected makeup, truthful I’m a spot embarrassed,” Jung Kook admitted with a laugh.
“I don’t cognize what to say.”The 2 won hearts with their 'shy' reactions to each the attention. The boys, who were presented with ample bouquets, astatine 1 point, hid their faces down the flowers and laughed it out.
Jimin and Jung Kook enlisted unneurotic successful December 2023, conscionable 1 time aft their bandmates RM and V began their service.
RM and V were discharged connected Tuesday, receiving an arsenic affectional send-off from fans who lined the streets of Chuncheon City to cheer them on.V, addressing fans pursuing his release, expressed gratitude for their enduring enactment and hinted astatine the group's long-anticipated reunion. “If you tin conscionable hold a small spot longer, we volition instrumentality with a truly astonishing performance,” helium said.
With Wednesday’s discharge, six of BTS’s 7 members person present completed their nationalist duties. Jin, the group’s eldest, was the archetypal to beryllium discharged successful June 2024, followed by J-Hope successful October the aforesaid year.
The lone remaining subordinate presently successful work is Suga, who has been serving arsenic a societal work agent, an alternate signifier of subject duty. His discharge is expected aboriginal this month.Back successful 2020, the BTS boys were nether the radar aft an amendment to the Military Service Act allowed them members to hold enlistment until property 30 successful designation of their planetary taste impact. In 2022, aft wide nationalist statement implicit whether the set should beryllium granted a afloat exemption, the group’s management, BigHit Music, announced that each 7 members would fulfil their nationalist obligations, ending speculation and winning praise for their civic commitment.HYBE has hinted astatine a BTS comeback this year, but has besides said the members "need clip for reflection and preparation". "Normally, the process goes from opus accumulation to medium release, past a tour," Lee Jae-sang, CEO of HYBE, told a shareholder gathering successful March."But since BTS person already go planetary top-tier artists, we are continuing discussions astir their imaginativeness and what's next," helium added.