J-Hope would be the subsequent member of BTS to enlist for necessary army service in South Korea.
The Okay-pop group’s label BigHit Music introduced on Sunday that 29-year-old J-Hope, actual title Jung Ho-seok, has initiated the enlistment course of.
“We wish to inform our followers that j-hope has initiated the army enlistment course of by making use of for the termination of his enlistment postponement,” BigHit stated in a press release on Weverse. “We are going to inform you of additional updates sooner or later. We ask you to your continued love and help for j-hope till he completes his army service and safely returns. Our firm will spare no effort in offering help for our artist.”
J-Hope follows within the footsteps of his 30-year-old bandmate Jin, who started his army service in December. The remaining members, RM, Suga, Jimin, V and Jungkook, intend to hold out their service “based mostly on their very own particular person plans”.
BTS, who’re at the moment pursuing solo tasks, are anticipated to reunite round 2025 as soon as they’ve all accomplished their service.
All able-bodied South Korean males aged 18-28 should serve within the army for round two years.