BTS member Jin completed military service on June 13, 2024.
His discharge ceremony took place at a military base in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi province.
Jin enlisted in December 2023 and served for approximately 18 months.
BTS member Jin, the oldest of the K-pop sensation's seven members, completed his mandatory military service on June 13, 2024. He is the first BTS member to finish this duty.
Jin enlisted in December 2023 and served for approximately 18 months. His discharge ceremony took place at a military base in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi province, South Korea.
RM, another BTS member, paid tribute to the occasion by performing an abridged version of the group's hit song
Jin began his 18-month military stint in December 2021.
BTS visited the White House in 2022 to speak about Asian representation and anti-Asian hate crimes.
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]BTS is a K-pop group that is currently on hiatus due to its members' mandatory enlistment in South Korea's military.[
BTS have become worldwide superstars since debuting in 2013 and have earned No. 1 singles in over 100 countries, gained over 74 million followers on Instagram, and were awarded Time magazine’s Entertainer of the Year award in 2020.
Jin plans to celebrate his discharge with an event in Seoul on Thursday where he will greet fans and stage a performance.
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The article contains some instances of appeals to authority and inflammatory rhetoric, but no formal or dichotomous fallacies are present. The author states that 'Researchers say BTS’s global success has contributed billions of dollars to the South Korean economy' and 'BTS’s music also seems to have become a military asset.' These statements are appeals to authority as they rely on the unnamed researchers for their validity. Additionally, there are instances of inflammatory rhetoric such as 'Pyongyang has been sending south hundreds of trash balloons' and 'South Korea blasted K-pop music into North Korea in retaliation.' These statements are intended to evoke strong emotions and may not be entirely objective or factual.
Researchers say BTS’s global success has contributed billions of dollars to the South Korean economy.
BTS’s music also seems to have become a military asset.