Super Junior Kangin to enter military next month

Super Junior member Kangin [Asia Economic Daily]

Korean singer Kangin of popular idol group Super Junior will be entering the military next month as part of fulfilling the country's mandatory military duties, according to a source close to the star.

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"He received a notice to report to Nonsan [military training camp] on July 5", explained the source. "He had been preparing to go to the army as soon as possible and I think this is a later date than he had planned".

Last month, the singer was notified by Korea's Military Manpower Administration to enlist by October but he applied for voluntary entrance, asking for a sooner date to enter the military.

The source went onto say that the pop idol wants to "start living with a new attitude" in the army and meet his fans again as a confident person after being discharged.

Kangin, whose real name is Kim Young-woon, is one of the 13 members of popular idol group Super Junior but he recently withdrew from taking part in his group's activities and did not take part in recording the band's latest album "BONAMANA".

He made headlines last October when he was caught drunk driving and fleeing the scene after colliding into two taxis. He turned himself into police several hours later, and was later summarily indicted with a fine of eight million won charged by the Seoul Central District Court.

The singer will be receiving basic military training for five weeks and later assigned to a military base, where he will serve for the next twenty months.

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