BTS take a break: world’s biggest K-pop group is caught between Korea’s soft power ambitions and national security - The Conversation

Military service is compulsory in South Korea and many deem it unfair that the band’s members have been allowed to put it off.

The decision by K-pop sensations, BTS, to take a hiatus is breaking hearts globally. But, unlike the Beatles or One Direction, their decision is tied to Korean peninsula politics and the challenge of… [+5860 chars]

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