Lee Gisik, the head of the Military Manpower Administration, mentioned the abolition of the special system for physical education and arts personnel. Lee Gisik, head of the Military Manpower Administration, revealed in an interview with Yonhap News on May 2 at the Seoul Military Manpower Administration that there have been changes in the environment, public awareness, and the number of military service volunteers compared to when the system for replenishing troops, including art and physical education personnel, was introduced. He stated, "We will completely review the criteria for becoming physical education and arts personnel so that the public can sympathize with them, and we will support specialized research personnel and industrial function personnel as the main focus of government support for enhancing national competitiveness and promoting national industrial development." He also mentioned, "We want to consider public interest fields such as public health physician systems in a direction that can contribute to all citizens without being excluded." He then evaluated, "There is a possibility that the special system for physical education and arts personnel may be abolished, but it has not been decided yet," and "All members of BTS (Bulletproof Boy Scouts) enlisting while active and serving sincerely have given a positive signal in terms of fairness in fulfilling military service obligations." BTS members are all fulfilling their national defense duties. The time for the group's activities to resume is June 2025 when all members are discharged. Prior to this, Jin will be discharged on June 12 this year, and J-HOPE will be discharged on October 17 to start individual activities. Even after their discharge, they plan to continue active activities as BTS. In order to continue their activities, they signed a second re-contract based on trust with their agency BIGHIT MUSIC in September last year. HYBE announced the re-contract with BTS, stating, "With the re-signing of the contract, we will be able to support BTS's full activities in 2025 as desired. HYBE and BIGHIT MUSIC will do everything possible to further strengthen BTS's position." BTS, while enlisted, may be able to perform overseas? South Korea's Minister of National Defense comments on military service exceptions. BTS signs a re-contract with HYBE, "We will be together for full activities from 2025" (Official).
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