Jin Enlists, Helping Reform Bad Sides In Korea Enlistment Culture

BTS has suffered a lot in the past year due to the issue of special military service that has spread to the political world. However, Jin and the group made many people surprised and proud when choosing to volunteer for the army.

Jin's freedom as well as the spirit of enlistment has encouraged the spirit of enlistment of many other Koreans. Not only that, Jin's enlistment is also considered to create many positive changes in the context that the Korean army's enlistment has many downsides.

In the latest article by news critic Seong Kim, he pointed out how Jin's enlistment has created an opportunity for Korea to reform its enlistment system:

At the beginning of the article analyzing Jin's enlistment, Seong Kim praised and prided himself on seeing a K-pop star volunteer to enlist and care about the morale of his teammates. that. Following that, he also pointed out that there are some famous K-pop artists who did not complete their military service fully and some even cheated to avoid enlistment or were banned from entering the country for 20 years. for evading military service illegally.

He mentioned that 18 months of military service is only 1.5% of Jin's 100-year life expectancy. And when Jin is discharged from the army, he will be able to tell the 'military story' with pride. He also firmly believes that the military experience will help Jin gain a new and positive cultural experience, but he also points out that there are still many challenges in the military apparatus and Jin will be the one to help change the dark sides in this enlistment.

First, Jin's enlistment helps young people improve the spirit of "volunteer enlistment" instead of "serving the army" reluctantly. It helps to change the inhuman barrack culture to 'responsibility' and 'autonomy'.

The biggest reason young people are reluctant to join the army is that they are treated inhumanly and consider the activity to be a waste of time, and a very small number of them are religious beliefs. An organization called a military has unavoidable aspects such as collective life, unified rules and vertical command system. But inhumane treatment is different.

Jin's enlistment proves that he is willing to put his faith in his country and serve the country, so the country also needs to protect his human rights and deserve what the soldiers are giving. give. The whole country is even watching Jin's enlistment, so this is the best time to help eliminate cumbersome processes or inhumane superiors and create an environment for managing military personnel in an open, transparent and useful way.

The second is to eliminate the lack of fairness in the compulsory military service system. In Korea, having money and power means having a higher status in society. With such a hierarchical society, there are cases where the rich and high status or their children can become fishes out of the "net of military service".

This again led to distrust of the state and the conscription regime. The voluntary enlistment of Jin - a person with great merit in promoting the country, one of the idols who owns a large and powerful net worth, will help regain the lost trust of young people in the lower class. Moreover, Jin enlisted openly and became widely known so this changed the view of others on social justice. Even BTS and Jin enlisted in the army, so there's no reason why others wouldn't.

Third, critic Seong Kim also points to a point where Korean society can change in its military service law. It is possible to focus on the fields of scientific training or military advertising instead of just physical training and the use of weapons. He said that the new era ushered in was war about science or the soft power of advertising rather than the battleground of weapons warfare.

On the occasion of Jin's enlistment, many major news agencies in the world reported on the relevant Korean army. In addition, Korean military culture and customs are also being promoted to the world according to Jin and it shows how well a part of soft power is promoted.

In addition, the critic also emphasized that Jin's enlistment has opened up a new opportunity in transforming the military service system in Korea in the near future. And it needs to be used actively!