Dalam pengumuman yang dibuat hari ini (17 Oktober) melalui Weverse, BTS mengumumkan bahwa mereka akan memulai rencana wajib militer sebagai bagian dari persyaratan layanan nasional mereka. Di Korea Selatan, pria berusia antara 18-28 tahun diharuskan menjalani wajib militer selama dua tahun.

Jin, yang akan berusia 30 Desember ini, akan menjadi yang pertama mendaftar setelah merilis album single solonya akhir bulan ini. Anggota lainnya akan mengikuti berdasarkan rencana masing-masing. BTS, secara keseluruhan, dikatakan akan berkumpul kembali pada tahun 2025 setelah mereka semua menyelesaikan dinas militer mereka.

"Sejak berdirinya BTS lebih dari sepuluh tahun yang lalu, band ini telah mencapai kesuksesan internasional, memecahkan rekor, dan melambungkan K-Pop ke stratosfer global, negara dan untuk para pemuda yang sehat ini untuk melayani dengan rekan senegaranya, dan itu sekarang," tulis BIGHIT MUSIC dalam sebuah pernyataan di Weverse.

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— BIGHIT MUSIC (@BIGHIT_MUSIC) October 17, 2022

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BIGHIT MUSIC is proud to announce today that the members of BTS are currently moving forward with plans to fulfill their military service. After the phenomenal concert to support Busan’s bid for the World Expo 2030, and as each individual embarks on solo endeavors, it’s the perfect time and the members of BTS are honored to serve.

Since the creation of BTS over ten years ago, the band has risen to international success, broken records, and catapulted K-Pop into the global stratosphere. BIGHIT MUSIC has focused to the milestone moment when it would be possible to respect the needs of the country and for these healthy young men to serve with their countrymen, and that’s now. Group member Jin will initiate the process as soon as his schedule for his solo release is concluded at the end of October. He will then follow the enlistment procedure of the Korean government. Other members of the group plan to carry out their military service based on their own individual plans. Both the company and the members of BTS are looking forward to reconvening as a group again around 2025 following their service commitment.

With the release of their first anthology album earlier this year it opened the path to allow the members to take some time to explore individual projects. As part of the HYBE family, we support and encourage our artists and are beyond proud that they will each now have time to explore their unique interests and do their duty by being of service to the country they call home.

“Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)” is more than a track from their latest album, it is a promise, there’s much more yet to come in the years ahead from BTS.

Berita ini mengikuti konser grup Yet To Come di Busan, yang diadakan untuk mendukung upaya Busan menjadi tuan rumah World Expo 2030. BTS juga mengakhiri "babak pertama" karir mereka dengan merilis album antologi mereka, Proof yang menceritakan yang terakhir sembilan tahun musik dan persahabatan mereka

Pada bulan Desember 2020, sebuah undang-undang baru disahkan yang mengizinkan para penghibur yang memberikan "kontribusi besar" pada budaya Korea untuk menunda wajib militer mereka hingga usia 30 tahun.