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Lead singer of K-pop supergroup urges fans to stay away from army base when he begins boot camp

Related Topics: K-pop, Kim Seok-jin

The lead singer of the K-pop supergroup BTS doesn’t want his legion of screaming fans to be crowding around an army base in South Korea when his compulsory military training begins next month.

Kim Seok-jin, known professionally as Jin, urged fans to avoid flocking to the base in Yeoncheon, about 37 miles north of Seoul, when he starts boot camp there on Dec. 13.

He will learn what his specific military specialty will be following five weeks of training, according to the Aju Business Daily newspaper in South Korea.

“ARMY can’t come to the training center.