BTS K-pop boy band member Jin begins military service - ABC News
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Jin, the eldest member of K-pop sensation BTS, was dispatched Tuesday to a front-line military training division north of Seoul.
Other BTS members will follow suit, according to BigHit Entertainment.
ABC News' Joohee Cho reports from South Korea about K-Pop boy band members enlisting in mandatory military service and speaks with K-Pop star Siwon Choi about his experience.
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