Fans of K-pop sensations BTS were relieved to learn that one of the seven-member band wouldn’t have to quit to join South Korea’s military for his mandatory service for another two years.

The country’s national assembly Tuesday amended South Korea’s conscription law in a way that would allow BTS’s oldest member, Kim Seok-jin, who is just shy of turning 28, when he would be required to report for duty, to postpone his military service until he is 30.

Currently…

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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