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The special military service system is a system that provides military service benefits to those who have achieved outstanding results in the arts and sports fields, and controversies over its fairness have continued to arise in recent years.
Regarding the need to improve the system, "I agree with the Ministry of Defense plan for gradual reduction and long-term abolition."
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeon Myung-hoon = Hong So-young, head of the Military Manpower Administration, said on the 12th, "As the head of the Military Manpower Administration, I feel very regretful and regretful about the inappropriate words and actions of athletes participating in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in relation to the special military service system."
Commissioner Hong responded as follows to a related question from Rep. Kim Byeong-ju of the Democratic Party of Korea during the National Assembly National Defense Committee's inspection of the Military Manpower Administration held at the Military Manpower Administration headquarters in Daejeon Government Complex on this day.
Commissioner Hong also added, “As Commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration, I am taking seriously the sense of loss that our young people performing military service must have felt and the voices of the people calling for system improvement.”
When asked about his opinion on the need to revise the special military service system, including for arts and sports personnel, Commissioner Hong replied, “I have the same opinion as the Ministry of National Defense.” Previously, the Ministry of National Defense announced its intention to gradually reduce this system and abolish it in the long term.
Regarding the completion of military service by BTS, a group that has achieved international results in the field of popular culture, Commissioner Hong said, "All BTS members, without exception, completed military service, greatly contributing to the fairness of military service and increasing trust in the public."
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Ministry of National Defense and the Military Manpower Administration will jointly prepare a plan to improve the military service exception system.
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