Following Seventeen‘s Jeonghan, Wonwoo will also fulfill his alternative service “Fulfill his military service obligation on April 3rd” [Full text]

Seventeen’s Wonwoo will be fulfilling his national defense obligation. He will be the second member of the group to complete his military service following Jeonghan.

On the 5th, his agency Pledis Entertainment announced, “Seventeen member Wonwoo will be fulfilling his military service obligation starting April 3rd”. They added, “We would like to inform you that, accordingly, he will not be able to participate in any schedules after the start of his service, including the ‘Tecate Pal Norte 2025’ festival in April and the Japanese fan meeting. As previously announced, we will participate in the CARAT LAND concert on March 20-21 without a hitch, and we will continue to meet CARATs through various content that we have prepared in advance.”

Earlier, SEVENTEEN became the first K-pop artist to join the ‘Tecate Pal Norte 2025’, which will be held in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico from April 4 to 6. They garnered attention by being listed on the first day’s lineup at Latin America’s largest music festival. However, Wonwoo will not be able to join the stage as he will be enlisting in the training camp on April 3, the day before the concert.

Pledis Entertainment stated, “There will be no separate official event on the day of enlistment, and we ask that you refrain from visiting your alternative service location. Please leave your feelings for Wonwoo on Weverse.” Based on the mention of ‘alternative service, it is presumed that Wonwoo will not be serving as an active-duty soldier but as a social service worker. The specific reason was not disclosed.

The agency said, “We ask for CARAT‘s continued love and support so that Wonwoo can faithfully fulfill his military service and return in better health. Our company will also spare no effort to continuously support Wonwoo.”

Meanwhile, Jeonghan, the eldest member of the group, enlisted in the military in September of last year as the first to do so and is currently serving as a social service worker.

S.Coups, who is the same age as Jeonghan, underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery and collateral ligament reconstruction surgery in 2023 due to a ruptured cruciate ligament in his knee. Afterwards, he was effectively ’exempted from military service‘ as he was classified as a Grade 5 wartime laborer. Another member of the same age, Joshua, born in 1995, is Korean-American. The next runners to enlist, taking over from Jeonghan and Wonwoo, are expected to be Hoshi and Woozi (born in 1996) and Mingyu and DK (born in 1997).


Full text from Pledis regarding SEVENTEEN Wonwoo’s alternative service

Hello.

This is Pledis Entertainment.

SEVENTEEN member Wonwoo will be fulfilling his mandatory military service on April 3. Accordingly, we would like to inform you that he will not be able to participate in any schedules after the start of his service, including the ‘Tecate Pal Norte 2025’ festival in April and the Japanese fan meeting. As previously announced, he will participate in the CARAT LAND concert on March 20-21 without a hitch, and he will continue to meet CARATs through various content that he has prepared in advance.

There will be no official event on the day of his enlistment at the training camp, and we ask that you refrain from visiting his alternative service location. Please leave your feelings for Wonwoo on Weverse.

We ask for CARATs‘ continued love and support so that Wonwoo can faithfully fulfill his military service and return in better health. We will also spare no effort to continuously support Wonwoo.

Thank you.

Jung Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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