{"id":156664,"date":"2026-01-14T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=156664"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:37:00","slug":"kang-daniel-is-set-to-enlist-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/kang-daniel-is-set-to-enlist-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Kang Daniel is set to enlist in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kang Daniel<\/strong>, one of the most renowned idols in the Kpop scene, is ready to say goodbye for a while to his music career. The idol will be writing a new chapter of his journey as he will begin his mandatory service in February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>On January 14, <strong>OSEN reported that Kang Daniel will enlist as an active-duty soldier in the Army on February 9<\/strong>. This marked the start of his first military hiatus, nine years after making his iconic debut with Wanna One.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-156693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kang-Daniel-will-enlist-on-February-9.jpg\" alt=\"Kang Daniel is ready to enlist in the military\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kang-Daniel-will-enlist-on-February-9.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kang-Daniel-will-enlist-on-February-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kang-Daniel-will-enlist-on-February-9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kang-Daniel-will-enlist-on-February-9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kang-Daniel-will-enlist-on-February-9-1100x733.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kang-Daniel-will-enlist-on-February-9-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kang-Daniel-will-enlist-on-February-9-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kang Daniel has been preparing for this moment for a long time. Since 2024, the idol has highlighted that he wanted to work as hard as he can before enlistment to prepare <strong>musical comebacks<\/strong> while he is fulfilling his military duties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The idol met fans for the last time ahead of his enlistment<\/strong> through his fan concert<em> &#8216;2025 KANGDANIEL FAN CONCERT [RUNWAY: WALK TO DANIEL].&#8217;<\/em> In addition, the idol might be participating in the filming of a Wanna One reality show before his official enlistment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kang Daniel, one of the most renowned idols in the Kpop scene, is ready to say goodbye for a while to his music career. The idol will be writing a new chapter of his journey as he will begin his mandatory service in February 2026. On January 14, OSEN reported that Kang Daniel will enlist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":156666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-156664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156664","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=156664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}