{"id":125260,"date":"2024-08-26T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T19:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=125260"},"modified":"2024-08-26T09:10:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:10:19","slug":"5-kpop-idols-and-celebrities-who-didnt-enlist-in-the-south-korea-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/5-kpop-idols-and-celebrities-who-didnt-enlist-in-the-south-korea-military\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Kpop idols and celebrities who didn\u2019t enlist in the South Korea military"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kpop<\/strong> and K-Dramas<\/strong> fans who are completely interested in the personal lives of their favorite idols and actors are familiar with enlistment in the South Korean military once they turn 18 years old. However, there are great exceptions to the rule, just like these 5 Kpop idols and celebrities who didn\u2019t enlist in the South Korean military.<\/p>\n

Jo Jung Suk<\/strong>\u2019s reason why he didn\u2019t enlist in the army is completely heartbreaking. Jo Jung Suk\u2019s father passed away<\/strong> in 2000, so he was granted an exemption from the military to provide for his mother. On top of that, the South Korean actor also had to quit school during this time to earn money.<\/p>\n

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NCT<\/strong>\u2019s Ten<\/strong> is a well-known case because of his infamous severe knee pain<\/strong>, the idol had surgery in 2017. However, the idol wasn’t able to enlist in the army because of his injury and ultimately, he got an exemption from the Thai military.<\/p>\n

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GOT7<\/strong>\u2019s BamBam<\/strong>\u2019s exemption from the military is one of the luckiest stories ever told. The idol didn\u2019t have to join the South Korean military because of the number of volunteers<\/strong> that filled up the remaining spots needed during the military lottery draw.<\/p>\n

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Son Heung Min<\/strong> is also a well-known exemption case. The celebrity won the gold medal<\/strong> in men\u2019s football at the 2018 Asian Games. The South Korean military gives exemptions to the athletes who win a gold medal at the Asia Games.<\/p>\n

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SEVENTEEN<\/strong>\u2019s S.Coups<\/strong> tore his ACL back in August 2023 and required a long rehabilitation<\/strong> and recovery. Ultimately, the idol was exempted from the military because he received a Grade 5 rating during his health check.<\/p>\n

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Kpop and K-Dramas fans who are completely interested in the personal lives of their favorite idols and actors are familiar with enlistment in the South Korean military once they turn 18 years old. However, there are great exceptions to the rule, just like these 5 Kpop idols and celebrities who didn\u2019t enlist in the South […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":125280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[1233],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-125260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-kpop"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125260"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=125260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}