Published December 25, 2020, 7:06 AM
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The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) has questioned the fairness of a recently promulgated law in South Korea that will allow outstanding pop culture artists like BTS to postpone their military service until age 30.
Last Dec. 22, the Korean government promulgated a law, called by Korean media as the “BTS Military Service Act,” to give pop culture artists the chance to delay their military enlistment if they are recipients of cultural medals and government awards and if they are recommended by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST). Under the law, all able-bodied men in Korea must start their military service by age 28 at the latest.
Monday, December 21, 2020
Entertainers recognized as Merit Awardees in Popular Culture & Arts will be able to delay their military service starting 6 months after today
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Ministry of National Defense officially declared that individuals who have been recognized as
Merit Awardees in the Field of Popular Culture and Arts will be included as those eligible to request delays in their mandatory military service draft.
This policy will be put into effect approximately 6 months after the Ministry s public media declaration (~6 months after 12/22). Back on December 15, members of the
State Council of South Korea agreed to declaring this policy public, just a few weeks after the
Published December 22, 2020, 3:14 PM
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The Korean government promulgated on Dec. 22 a law that will allow K-pop superstars BTS and other pop culture artists to postpone their military service until age 30.
This came after South Korea’s National Assembly passed a bill on Dec. 1 that grants outstanding pop culture artists, who contributed to improving the country’s national image, to delay their military service upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST).
It was proposed in the National Assembly primarily after BTS topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September with their song “Dynamite.”
The promulgated revised law amended Article 60 of Korea’s Military Service Act and added popular culture artists to the list of people that can be granted postponement of military service. Before the revision, this is granted to “a student who attends a high school or higher;” “a person who is taking a prescribed course at a training
Published December 18, 2020, 2:29 PM
Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Han Dong-man and Minister Park Sam-duck of Korea’s Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs (MPVA) thanked Filipino soldiers who fought in the Korean War.
(From left) Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Han Dong-man, Maj. Maximo Young and Korea Veterans Affairs Minister Park Sam-duck (Photos: Korean Embassy, Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs)
The Philippines was the first Asian country and the third in the world after the US and the United Kingdom to send troops to South Korea after it was invaded by North Korea on June 25, 1950.
This year marked the 70th anniversary of the Korean War and to commemorate the event, the Korean Embassy in the Philippines, along with South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense, Korean Cultural Center, and MPAV recently held the “2020 Philippine Korean War Virtual Conference: Revisiting the Philippines in the Korean War 70th Anniversary.”