Jin, the oldest member of the K-pop band BTS, will begin his mandatory military service on December 13, South Korean newspaper Aju Business Daily has reported, citing unnamed military authorities.
Jin will be deployed to a unit after receiving five weeks of training at the boot camp, the paper reported on Thursday.
He will begin his mandatory five-week training at Yeoncheon in Gyeonggi province before being deployed to a ‘frontline unit’, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing military and industry sources.
The singer had previously hinted on social media that he had been assigned to the front line.
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All able-bodied South Korean men under the age of 30 must perform about two years of military service, mainly because the country remains technically at war with nuclear-armed North Korea.
