BTS’s J-Hope enlists for mandatory military service
BTS’s J-Hope has enlisted for mandatory military service!
J-Hope, 29, is the second member of the famous K-pop group to put his music career on hold for the time in the military, which is a requirement in South Korea.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the singer, whose real name is Jung Ho-Seok, kept a low profile as a van carrying him entered the venue for his military enlistment ceremony in Wonju – in the Gangwon Province – on Tuesday.
Jungkook arrived at the place of military service to bid farewell to Jhope
omg my heart plz 😭💔WE LOVE YOU HOBI
WE WILL WAIT FOR YOU HOBI
WE WILL WAIT FOR YOU J-HOPE
LET'S MEET IN 2025#HaveASafeFlightOurHOPE #JHOPE #Jhope_military #WeLoveYouJHOPE #WeWillRootForYouHobi pic.twitter.com/npBg7p3szF
— Ayat🎓JK⁹⁷ JJK X CK ❤️🔥 (@7btskook) April 18, 2023
the members leave the training camp after bidding farwell jhope before he leaving for the military enlistment! 🥺
WE WILL WAIT FOR YOU HOBI #JHOPE #Jhope_military #JhopeWeLoveYou #HaveASafeFlightOurHOPE #hobiweloveyou #WeWillWaitForYouHobi #ArmysWillWaitForYouHobi pic.twitter.com/le1HPJKTHr
— Cha_민윤기 💜🐱🍊 (@cha_yoonginuna) April 18, 2023
J-Hope addressing his fans posted a message on his personal Instagram account alongside a photo of his shaved head, with a caption saying: “I’ll have a good trip!!.”
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He also posted on a fan platform called Weverse and said, “I’ll be back later.”
A day earlier, the official BTS Twitter handle posted photos of the boy band supporting him, with the caption: “I love you J-Hope.”
제이홉 사랑해💜 pic.twitter.com/vEJ6hGehnQ
— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) April 18, 2023
What is mandatory military service?
In South Korea, all able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 35 years must serve in the military for a period of between 18 and 22 months.
The country remains in a state of military readiness amid tensions with North Korea, which dates back to the Korean War in the 1950s.
