'Military service exclusion' as controversy heats up, evolving Ministry of National Defense "not reexamined"

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The Ministry of National Defense said in a letter to reporters on the afternoon of March 3, We are not currently reviewing the arts and sports personnel system as a basic position of the Military Manpower Administration related to the equality of military service obligations.I feel that it is time to look at the recent controversy and to take care of the Military Service Exception system, he said in a telephone conversation with a media source. We plan to review the physical education and arts Military Service exception as a whole.It is the beginning of this controversy that the standard of Military Service Exception for physical education and artists is not objectively measured or Rival in that it is national prestige.Especially on various internet sites, soccer player Son Heung-min and K-pop group BTS were directly compared and the controversy was heated.BTS was the first Korean singer to climb to the top of the Billboard charts and contributed to the Korean Wave craze worldwide.Netizens claim that the economic effects and influence of BTS per year are as valuable as the sports competition.In the case of Asian Game, it was also recognized that it was easier to win medals than at the Olympics.Among the Korean national teams participating in the Asian Game, the Military Service Exception benefit is Son Heung-min (26 and Tottenham), baseball Oh Ji-hwan (28 and LG Twins), 20 soccer players, and 9 baseball players.Ministry of National Defense continued to hold a theoretical stance that we will collect opinions from the Military Manpower Administration and related organizations in the future on the necessity of improving the arts and sports personnel system.

The Ministry of National Defense said in a letter to reporters on the afternoon of March 3, "We are not currently reviewing the arts and sports personnel system as a basic position of the Military Manpower Administration related to the equality of military service obligations."

"I feel that it is time to look at the recent controversy and to take care of the Military service exception system," he said in a telephone conversation with a media source. "We plan to review the physical education and arts Military service exception as a whole."

It is the beginning of this controversy that the standard of Military service exception for physical education and artists is not objectively measured or Rival in that it is 'national prestige'. Especially on various internet sites, soccer player Son Heung-min and K-pop group BTS were directly compared and the controversy was heated. BTS was the first Korean singer to climb to the top of the Billboard charts and contributed to the Korean Wave craze worldwide. Netizens claim that the economic effects and influence of BTS per year are as valuable as the sports competition.

In the case of Asian Game, it was also recognized that it was easier to win medals than at the Olympics. Among the Korean national teams participating in the Asian Game, the Military service exception benefit is Son Heung-min (26 and Tottenham), baseball Oh Ji-hwan (28 and LG Twins), 20 soccer players, and 9 baseball players.

Ministry of National Defense continued to hold a theoretical stance that "we will collect opinions from the Military Manpower Administration and related organizations in the future on the necessity of improving the arts and sports personnel system."