Seoul, June 12 (EFE).- Jinthe oldest member of the popular K-Pop group BTS, became this Wednesday the first member of the band, which has taken a break until at least next year, in complete mandatory military service.
The long-awaited moment for many of the group’s followers occurred around 9:00 local time (0:00 GMT), when Jin left the Army’s Fifth Infantry Division barracks in Yeoncheonabout 60 kilometers north of Seoul.
Abroad He was warmly received by five of his BTS colleagues: RM, Jimin, J-Hope, V and Jungkookwho are also performing military service and who They requested a permit to be able to meet him today and celebrate.
After giving Jin a bouquet of flowers, RMband leader and currently a member of a military band, He played a fragment of ‘Dynamite’ on a saxophone‘, one of the group’s hits, as a celebration.
The only absent member was Suga, who is doing a substitute social benefit due to the serious shoulder injury he suffered years ago.
Jin, 31, later greeted the gathered media in the area from afar and got into a van with his companions.
The singer, whose real name is Kim Seok-jin, He has served for 18 months in the aforementioned barrackswhere he has been an instructor at the recruit training center.
Jin is scheduled to hold meetings with members of ARMY, the band’s fan group, tomorrow in Seoul coinciding with BTS Festa, the annual event held in June each year to commemorate the founding of the group.
The next member of BTS who plans to conclude military servicemandatory for all able males in South Korea, It’s J-Hopewhich should be finished in October.
BTS is expected to return to activity as a septet in 2025when all its members have completed their mandatory military services.
(c) EFE Agency
