Faker and a series of Korean Esports players will definitely be exempt from military service if they win the 2022 ASIAN Games?

The mandatory military service law in Korea applies to all men under the age of 27 in this country, and Esports players are no exception.

However, there are cases where the Korean Government will specifically exempt military service, that is, for individuals who bring glory to the country, or have special achievements in social contributions, which is the exception.

It can be understood that in the field of sports, the Korean Government will allow athletes to be exempt from military service, in case of winning a continental championship, winning an ASIAN Games Gold Medal or

With e-Sports officially being included in the list of medal competitions at the 2022 ASIAN Games Hangzhou, Korean Esports players will also have the opportunity to be exempted from military service if they win Gold Medals at these events.

According to ESPN’s Esports writer – FionnOnFire, League of Legends will be the most highly anticipated sport of the Korean Esports team at next year’s Asian Games, and of course, Korean League of Legends stars will be exempt.

In fact, this is not too different from the 2018 ASIAN Games in Indonesia, when Korean League of Legends players were also `considered exempt from military service` if they won.

At that time, Esports was just a performance sport, so exemption from military service was only `considered`, and according to FionnOnFire, when Esports became an official medal competition, exemption from military service

And as soon as this information was revealed, the community immediately mentioned the name Faker.

However, at the present time, there is no guarantee that Faker will be selected to attend the Asian Games.