On September 27, 2026, according to South Korea's MHN Sports, voices of anger are rising regarding the South Korean baseball team that participated in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, stating, 'It is hard to accept that they would win a gold medal with this level of skill and be exempted from military service.' In the Asian Games baseball final held on the evening of the same day, South Korea defeated Japan 3-1 to win the gold medal. South Korea had suffered a crushing 0-5 defeat to Japan in the Super Round on the 25th. While Japan was composed of corporate league players, the South Korean national team had entered the tournament with a roster centered on professional players, so the shock of the crushing defeat within South Korea was reportedly great. The South Korean players would be subject to a special exemption from military service if they won the championship. After the defeat on the 5th, angry voices from baseball fans on the South Korean internet followed one after another, with harsh words such as, 'Professional players lost 0-5 to Japanese players who play baseball while working as company employees, so why grant them the benefit of military exemption?', 'They should just end up not winning a gold medal and all go to military service,' and 'Even BTS went to military service, so is it appropriate to exempt them from military service just for winning one gold medal in Asian Games baseball?' Amidst such criticism, the final was held on the 27th, and South Korea defeated Japan to clinch the championship. However, even after the victory, opinions regarding the military service exemption system are continuing on the South Korean internet. Voices such as, 'Military exemptions should be abolished,' 'Military exemptions should only be for the Olympics,' and 'It's no longer an era where winning a gold medal promotes national prestige, so the law should be revised,' were heard. Furthermore, such an opinion has also been submitted: 'Asian Games baseball, in the end, has become a structure where South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan compete for medal colors. Granting military exemption benefits to a sport where medals can be won relatively easily goes against fairness.'