[NB] Hybe's statement urging National Assembly to make decision on BTS service exemption rustles feathers

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6 hours ago, felidae said:

So if there's no "national assembly" decisions yet, the members can't enlist by themselves? I'm purely asking, because now it seems they don't want to but if they're ordered to they're willing to but would prefer if they're ordered not to.

Not that it matters to me, I'm no Korean but they brought the country's name positively so.

They could enlist at any time they wanted.

What has happened is that they are pushing hard for a law change that will let them skip service, their oldest member would have already had to serve, but a past change applies to him (and others) letting them delay their last possible date by a few years, but that time is running out. Essentially the company is lobbying (ie giving tons of money to politicians for re-election) hard to get a new exemption for idols who "bring fame to Korea" so they don't have to serve, but there is pushback, because the only other similar exemptions are only for non-paid representation like winning Olympic medals or Gold at the Asian games, where you are doing something to the credit of the country without personal profit.