BTS Jin will get large-scale surprises from his fans when he turns 28 (29 years old in Korean age) on December 4.
According to a report by All Kpop, fans will release multiple advertisements in time for Jin's birthday on various platforms like television, social media apps like Instagram YouTube, Facebook, Kakao Talk, and TikTok. Some ads will be released on B612, SODA, Foodie, and Snow.
There will also be full-page advertisements to celebrate Jin's birthday on the November and December issue of fashion magazines like Vogue Korea, Harper Bazaar Korea, and Daily Sports.
However, the biggest gift that Jin may have received for his birthday was the revision of the Military Service Act, which would allow him and other BTS members to postpone their mandatory enlistment until they turn 30. This would mean that Jin could continue to promote with BTS longer.
According to a report by the New York Times, the National Assembly finally decided on the proposal to revise the provisions of the Military Service Act to grant benefits to artists who have received government honors for elevating the country's cultural influence.
The proposal, which was introduced last September, sought to give exemplary artists and e-sports athletes allowances by allowing them to postpone reporting for military service.
BTS qualifies under new guidelines since members received the Hwagwan Orders of Cultural Merit Award from the Korean government in 2018. At the time, they became the youngest recipients of the award.
If the revision was not passed, Jin, who will turn 28 on December 4, would have been required to immediately report for mandatory enlistment after celebrating his birthday. The previous ruling dictated that all able-bodied South Korean men were only given until 28 years old to begin mandatory enlistment.
It can be recalled that for a long time, fans have been clamoring for BTS exemption from mandatory service, given the magnitude of their accomplishments.
However, it took a while for the National Assembly to review the Military Service Act's provisions, given its thrust to promote stricter guidelines for celebrities to ensure fairness to the general public.
This year was a stellar year for BTS despite being sidelined from going on world tours due to the COVID-19 global health pandemic. Their first album of the year, Map of the Soul: 7 skyrocketed to the top of the Hanteo Chart's list of bestselling albums while their recent comeback album BE, now holds the second position for selling over 2 million copies of the deluxe album within one week.
BTS also topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time with their first English language song, "Dynamite," last August. This was the first time for any Korean artist to reach the No. 1 spot on the popular song chart. They even repeated the feat with "Life Goes On," which marked the first time for a Korean song to reach the milestone, Billboard reported.
BTS capped off their amazing year by bagging their first Grammy Award nomination for "Dynamite," BBC reported.
