With a number of stars who have yet to enlist here are 8 K-pop groups and idols who will join the Korean military in 2018 or very soon. Olympic medallists are given exemptions. Choi Seung-hyun better known as TOP started his military serves as a conscripted police officer in February 9 2017 but was dishonorably discharged from the police due to charges for marijuana use.
Seungri is the youngest member of BIGBANG.
While idols can defer their service for a period of time by attending undergraduate and postgraduate schooling new regulation requires all men to enroll for military service by age 28 as Yonhap News Agency write. No member of BTS will enlist in the South Korean military this year according to the groups management group Big Hit Entertainment. The mega-hit movie series released its first installment in 2017 with the second movie releasing in 2018. 2017 Military Enlistment BIGBANGs TOP Discharged.