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Actor Kim Bo-sung says military exemption was due to grade-6 visual disability
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Actor Kim Bo-sung said he was exempted from military service because he has a grade-6 visual disability, addressing a misunderstanding that he avoided service despite appearing able-bodied. He made the remarks in a video posted on 5 October on his YouTube channel “허석 김보성”, where he reviewed his Namuwiki profile and showed a welfare card. He also said an orbital fracture sustained during martial arts left his left eye blind, and that he had originally applied to the special forces but was repeatedly rejected.
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Actor Kim Bo-sung said he was exempted from military service because he has a grade-6 visual disability, addressing a misunderstanding that he did not serve even though his limbs appear fine. He made the remarks in a video posted on 5 October on the YouTube channel “허석 김보성”, according to Hankook Ilbo and Seoul Economic Daily. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
In the video, Kim reviewed his own profile on the participatory online encyclopedia Namuwiki. Asked about the exemption, he said, “I have a grade-6 visual disability,” and took out a welfare card to show it, the two outlets reported. He said the exemption had itself become an issue, and that he had been met with the reaction “your limbs look perfectly fine, why didn’t you go into the army?” [ 2 , 3 ]
Kim said the misunderstanding was cleared once he disclosed on broadcasts that he could not serve because of his eyesight. He added that an orbital fracture suffered while doing martial arts left his left eye unable to see, and that the public came to know of this as well. “By now almost everyone probably knows,” he said. [ 2 , 3 ]
He also said he had originally applied to the special forces but was repeatedly rejected, which he described as very sad at the time, and that he consequently filmed many barracks experience programmes. [ 2 , 3 ]
Newsis also published a report on the same day headlined around Kim’s visual disability, the military exemption and the misunderstanding, but the article text supplied from that outlet concerns the Nobel Prize in Physics and does not match the headline, so it could not be used for further detail. [ 1 ]
Por qué importa
The documents frame the remarks as a personal clarification of a long-running public misunderstanding about Kim Bo-sung’s military service, rather than a policy or institutional issue. The coverage is limited to an entertainment figure’s own account on his YouTube channel, and the documents describe no wider consequences.
Datos clave
- Actor Kim Bo-sung said he was exempted from military service because of a grade-6 visual disability. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Kim said he had been misunderstood as someone whose limbs appeared fine but who did not serve. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- He made the remarks in a video posted on 5 October on the YouTube channel “허석 김보성”. [ 2 , 3 ]
- In the video he reviewed his Namuwiki profile and showed a welfare card. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Kim said an orbital fracture suffered while doing martial arts left his left eye unable to see. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Kim said he originally applied to the special forces but was repeatedly rejected, and that he later filmed many barracks experience programmes. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Kim said the misunderstanding was cleared when he disclosed the eye condition on broadcasts. [ 2 , 3 ]
Confirmado por varias fuentes
- Kim Bo-sung said he received a grade-6 visual disability rating and was exempted from military service. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Kim addressed the misunderstanding that he did not serve even though his limbs appear fine. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The remarks were made in a video posted on 5 October on the YouTube channel “허석 김보성”. [ 2 , 3 ]
Aún sin aclarar
- Whether Newsis reported the same details as the other outlets on this event. Document 1 carries a headline about Kim Bo-sung’s exemption, but the article text supplied is about the Nobel Prize in Physics and does not match the headline, so it could not be used to confirm details.
- Whether the exemption and disability rating have been independently confirmed beyond Kim’s own account. All documents report the disability grade and exemption as statements Kim made on his own channel, without an official confirmation cited in the texts.
Qué dicen los medios locales
Cronología, hora local
- Newsis publishes a report headlined around Kim Bo-sung’s visual disability and military exemption and the misunderstanding he faced. [ 1 ]
- Hankook Ilbo reports that Kim explained on his YouTube channel that he has a grade-6 visual disability, showed a welfare card and described an orbital fracture that left his left eye blind. [ 2 ]
- Seoul Economic Daily reports the same remarks from the 5 October video, including that Kim had applied to the special forces and was repeatedly rejected. [ 3 ]