6 in 10 South Koreans approve BTS members' military service exemption

A recent South Korean public opinion survey has shown 60.9 percent of the public approve of revisions to the law on mandatory military service in a way that would allow celebrities like members of the world-famous K-pop boy band BTS to avoid being drafted.The results of the survey, commissioned to South Korean polling company Realmeter by the National Assembly's National Defense Committee, are likely to inject momentum into debate on the issue given calls among both ruling and opposition lawmakers on the committee for changing the law.The Defense Ministry has been reluctant to see the law a…READ FULL ARTICLE