Hope this article clears up some confusion about the recent physical JYJ had to take for Korea’s mandatory military service. :)
Recently there has been a lot of interest over JYJ receiving their physical for military conscription now in their mid-twenties.
[In Korea, men are supposed to receive their physical check-up for Korea’s mandatory military service when they turn 19 so JYJ’s recent check-up is quite late in this respect]
Men are obliged to receive the physical checkup when they turn 19 years old, but JYJ has postponed it for nearly five years, raising the controversy that they may have received special treatment for being stars of the Korean wave.
However, according to Seoul’s Military Manpower Association (MMA), JYJ postponed their physical due to lawful reasons—their frequent stays in foreign countries.
In a phone call with Daily Sports, MMA’s representative revealed, “this controversy over celebrity receiving special treatment has no basis. 3 members of JYJ’s physicals were postponed because of their frequent visits to foreign countries since they were 19 years old. “Reasons due to departures to foreign countries” can be used to postpone the physical until a person is 24 years of age.
Furthermore, they said, “the physical doesn't get postponed just because you leave Korea. If you stay in Korea for more than 60 days, you get a notification for the physical. Regarding JYJ, they never fell under such an exception.
[Meaning, JYJ never stayed in Korea for more than 60 days (never long enough to receive the notification) after turning 19. And even if they did stay in Korea for more than 60 days, long enough to receive the notification, they must have stayed in Korea long enough to act on the notification. This just gives you a sense of how busy they've been since their debut… and makes you wonder what kind of hellish schedules they've been forced to endure for 7 years]
JYJ received their physical at Seoul’s MMA on the 14th, but have no plans to enlist in the military this year. JYJ currently has a world tour scheduled during the first half of this year and Kim Junsu is currently participating in the musical, “Tears of Heaven.”
Original article: http://isplus.joinsmsn.com/article/797/5066797.html?cloc
translation by: @_withJYJ
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