2023-04-18 12:40:28
seoul.– J-Hope, one of the members of the popular South Korean band BTS, begins his military service today, according to music industry sources cited by the Yonhap agency.
J-Hope, whose real name is Jung Ho-seokthus becomes the second member of the group to comply with military service – mandatory in South Korea for all men – following Jin, the oldest member of BTS who joined the ranks last December.
The sources consulted indicated that J-Hope will begin today a training program for five weeks in a camp of the Army in the province of Gangwon (northeast of the country).
The agency that represents the band, BigHit Music, He has not shared on this occasion the place or the dates on which the artist will begin his military service.
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It did in the case of Jin, but please asked the band’s fans not to show up at the facility to avoid crowds just two months following the tragic landslide that claimed more than 150 lives in Seoul during the Halloween celebrations.
On the eve, J-Hope, 29, made a post on the Weverse social network in which he wrote “I love you ARMYs (name given to BTS followers), I’ll be back.”
The artist also shared four photos – in one of them he appears accompanied by Jimin, another member of the group – in which he wears a regulation military haircut.
Taking into account that military service in the Army lasts 18 months, J-Hope is expected to complete his service around November 2024.
BTS announced last summer that they would be taking a break until at least 2025, a period that their seven members they would take the opportunity to focus on personal projects and perform military service.
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