SEOUL: South Korea's military appears to want to conscript members of the K-pop supergroup BTS for mandatory military duties, as the public remains sharply divided over whether they should be given exemptions.

Members of South Korean K-pop group BTS — (from left) V, SUGA, JIN, Jung Kook, RM, Jimin, and j-hope — pose for photographers ahead of a news conference to introduce their new single

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