BTS have always said from day one that they'd be willing to serve. The debate has really not come directly from them. Skipping it could upset a great number of young men and other people in the country, especially maybe those who have served. In terms of mandatory military service, it is sort of falling out of fashion in a lot of places. But I'm gathering not so in South Korea.
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