The issue of BTS's enlistment in the past months seems to be very tense. BTS also suffers from many unnecessary criticisms related to this issue. However, meetings of officials have not yet reached a final decision.

Today, a widely shared pann post about why it's hard for BTS to be exempt from military service attracts a lot of attention.

Specifically, one netizen posted that he called the office of Sung Iljong - a member of the National Assembly to ask directly about BTS's exemption. He received a pretty clear answer as follows.

The representative of the congressman's office replied that officials were not sure that BTS did anything specifically to promote national prestige. They explained that BTS is a famous singer and that they have done entertainment activities under an agency for gaining success.

Therefore, there are not any concrete figures on what helps promote national prestige.

Sung Iljong's representative also added that the number 1 position on Billboard is difficult to achieve for a Korean artist, but recently, Stray Kids also won this position. Since then, people have raised the question of whether Stray Kids is exempt from military service?

This person also added, that in some countries, EXO is said to be more popular than BTS. So in this case, should we also consider exempting EXO members from military service?

The congressman's office also said that BTS themselves have repeatedly announced in public that they will be enlisting in the army. They even mocked and looked down on those who shirked responsibility for their military service.

The person who posted this chat also revealed that the congressman's office secretary said there were discussions about BTS being the only ones exempted. However, this idea still faces many criticisms.

Overall, with what the congressman's office has to offer, it seems that the possibility of an exemption from military service for BTS is quite difficult. Many netizens also pointed out that the reason for BTS receiving a lot of criticism is because of the way the company presents this issue, not the achievements themselves.

Here are some netizens' comments before this post:

1. Hybe is amazing for being able to shift the public sentiment from "Those f*ckers are just trying to make excuses to not serve in the army" to "it would be such a waste to send BTS to the army" with the help of the media

2. At this rate, people are starting to beat on BTS' achievements, but this is all the agency's faultㅠㅠㅠ They keep using words like "not sure yet" "uncertainty" so the general public's opinions have all became bad, they could've just stood still if they're going to meet us halfway like that. The only people receiving hate now is Bangtan because of what Hybe is doing. It feels like Hybe's interest totally shifted to their upcoming group and their own business rather than realizing that BTS' reputation is going down the drainㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ If you look at Hybe' attitude, they're clearly just using BTS as a stock defense. BTS still has the potential to hit even bigger 

3. He really poured his heart out

4. It's amazing to see even the media turning back on them because the company is unable to do their work
At this rate, whether they go or don't go, it'll be just as controversial. 
If BTS would've received an exemption, they could've also received it quietly, but now they're acting like it's so unfair for them if they don't receive the exemption and how it's uncomfortable, etc.... Ugh 

5. Just go already 

6. What OP said is all right. Of course we could give them the exemption, but none of those standards are based in our country and they claim they want to use another country's awardㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I can only laugh 

7. The media will murder them if they receive an exemptionㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Just go already