The Ministry of National Defense said it was not reviewing the Military service exception of Asia Game's medal championships, saying it was "not reviewing the military specials of art and athletic personnel." In the 2018 Jakarta and Palembang Asian Game, the soccer and baseball Korean team won gold medals and won the Military service exception benefit, raising the issue of equity in the special system.
"The answer to the equality of military service obligations announced by the Military Manpower Administration is the basic position of the Military Manpower Administration, and we are not currently reviewing the arts and sports personnel system," said Ministry of National Defense on March 3. "He said.
It was controversial because of the controversy over qualification that some of the baseball players in Asia Game were selected for the national team after postponing military service. The Military service exception System, which only benefits art and sports people, is unfair.
Among the Korean national teams participating in Asian Game this year, 42 benefit from the Military service exception; of these, 20 are soccer and 9 are baseball. The two events have more than half of the benefits. Soccer Son Heung-min (26, Tottenham) and baseball Oh Ji-hwan (28, LG Twins) will also benefit from the Military service exception. They will be trained for four weeks and will be engaged in 34 months of their special skills. They will also have to complete 544 hours of special service during this period. However, foreign athletes only need to fill half of their service time.
Some netizens pointed out that the group BTS, which has been ranked # 1 on the Billboard 200 in three months after May, is not enough to benefit from the foreign Shenyang. BTS, the first Korean singer to be ranked # 1 on the Billboard, is considered to be the most influential singer in the world along with the astronomical economic effect. Jin (Kim Seok-jin), the eldest brother of BTS, was born in 1992, the same age as Son Heung-min.
The art personnel are those who have the highest winning performance among the top two winners in the international art contest determined by the Military Manpower Administration, and those who have completed the major intangible cultural heritage transfer education among the top winners in the domestic art contest (only for areas where there are no international competitions such as Korean music) determined by the Military Manpower Administration. Athletic personnel will receive the Military service exception benefit from the Olympic Game and the first-place winner of the Asia Game (only those who actually participated in the event).
The Cheong Wa Dae website also attracted attention with the public petition that it should introduce a system that applies the Military service exception by scoring the international competition scores rather than giving military service benefits to the Olympic Game or Asian Game once.