Do Kpop Idols Go To The Army. Word has it that L real name Kim Myungsoo is currently working on a TV series that will likely be his final project before his temporary hiatus. Taking effect from August 1 2018 the maximum age a Korean male can delay mandatory.
While idols can defer their service for a period of time by attending undergraduate and postgraduate schooling new regulation requires all men to enroll for military service by age 28 as Yonhap News Agency write. Grades 1 through 4 can serve. 2019 is approaching which means more male Korean celebrities will be required to enter the Korean military as is dictated by law.
Military enlistment laws have changed in South Korea meaning men can no longer delay until the age of 30.
The K-pop idol-turn-actor is the only member of the award-winning group to who is yet to serve in the military. This means idols born in 1989 and 1990 will have to enlist by the end of 2018. Do ethnically korean foreign idols need to go to the military. These beloved Korean male idols must enlist before 2020 ends.