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Special Case of South Korea Military Service

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  • AxtremusA Offline
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    South Korea requires all its male citizens of age to serve in the military.

    In this special case, the conscription of a few very special individuals is expected to cost the South Korean economy billions of dollars.

    https://fortune.com/2022/10/17/how-much-money-will-south-korea-lose-from-bts-military-service/

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      I think it is a bit of an overestimate. There will be another K-Pop group(s) to fill the opening.

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      • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

        I think it is a bit of an overestimate. There will be another K-Pop group(s) to fill the opening.

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        @taiwan_girl said in Special Case of South Korea Military Service:

        I think it is a bit of an overestimate. There will be another K-Pop group(s) to fill the opening.

        LOL

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

          I think it is a bit of an overestimate. There will be another K-Pop group(s) to fill the opening.

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          @taiwan_girl said in Special Case of South Korea Military Service:

          I think it is a bit of an overestimate. There will be another K-Pop group(s) to fill the opening.

          Well, BTS is back.
          History has shown that no other K-Pop groups has managed to fill the opening -- none has gotten close to BTS' level of commercial profitability, global popularity, or cultural influence. Now we're not even sure if the returning BTS will reclaim the heights reached by the old younger BTS.

          https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/arts/music/bts-k-pop-industry-demon-hunters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UlA.EW_P.pmKc0d8v1l8y

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